• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    They’re neither factual statements, nor suppositions. They’re conditional statements.

    This person is stating a fact about the overall landscape of the possible realities.

    IF we ever find ourselves in a situation where 50% of people think they might be autistic, THEN we have a problem with the mentality.

    The word IF removes a clause from the role of assertion.

    The opinion is the entire IF-THEN connection, not any of the clauses inside it.