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0 pointsJumpCrisscross2y ago0 comments

> nor can in the future do X

We don’t know this. That’s the point.

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Generally, when you don't know that a product definitely can do something, you don't sell it saying that it has the "capability" to do it. That's fraud.

JumpCrisscrossOP2y ago

> when you don't know that a product definitely can do something, you don't sell it saying that it has the "capability" to do it. That's fraud.

Capability is defined as "the facility or potential for an indicated use or deployment" [1]. There are other definitions. But selling capability based on future potential is not fraudulent, unless you say the capability is present.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capability emphasis mine

pclmulqdq2y ago

I think you're reading the word "potential" incorrectly for the context. Dictionaries are tricky things to read, because they tend to incorrectly communicate nuances. The capability to do something means that it can be done, not that it might be able to be done. Otherwise, my Honda has the capability to fly.

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pclmulqdq2y ago

Generally, when you don't know that a product definitely can do something, you don't sell it saying that it has the "capability" to do it. That's fraud.

JumpCrisscrossOP2y ago

> when you don't know that a product definitely can do something, you don't sell it saying that it has the "capability" to do it. That's fraud.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capability emphasis mine

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