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Edit | Post #280958 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: How did 'less than' semantically shift to mean 'if not'? Disclaimer: I'm not a linguist and this answer is pure speculation. I think the semantics are in fact the same. If we look at the concept of existence, as humans typically evaluate things, in that non-existence is conceived to be less than existence it seems that we can readily derive that less... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |