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Forgeties79last Sunday at 6:08 PM1 replyview on HN

There are plenty of cases where you absolutely can/should discuss outcomes in a way where the intention is not factored in because it can often be straight up irrelevant.

If a gun is developed with the intention of hunting only bears and someone uses it to shoot people, you don’t have to constantly preface things by talking about how it’s supposed to be used only on bears. Sometimes that fact, depending on the context of the conversation, is simply not relevant.

To cover my bases here: yes it often is relevant and maybe even critical info, but it often isn’t either of those things.


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aidenn0today at 4:09 AM

I agree with the idea that intent is often irrelevant. I disagree that POSIWID is a good way to communicate that idea.