Goethe wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: >> I think the intended interpretation is that "I do X (disclaimer: maybe >> not)" is ineffective, while "I do X (disclaimer: not if Y)" is effective >> provided that Y is false at the time (IOW, it's equivalent to "if not Y >> then I do X"). > > Trivial to turn "maybe not" into "not if I don't" or "unless it's not > allowed" or some other form of "not if Y." So I don't see the distinction.
Conditional effectiveness depends on whether Y can be evaluated objectively, non-circularly, and with reasonable effort.
