“He has what I call right-parenthesis deficit disorder. David’s head is usually so full of ideas—and in particular, objections to whatever I have just said—that he can’t finish one thought before starting another. A typical reply to an insight of mine goes like this:
You are right about the need for that distinction (although, by the way, quite confused about why we need the distinction (which actually isn’t quite the right distinction (of course there are big problems about what exactly a distinction is anyway. . . .”
“Right-parenthesis deficit” 这个名字好 现在大家说话都不喜欢加右括号吧(包括我(虽然我跟大家用法可能不太一样(不过不加右括号好像也没有确切的来源和标准用法(
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