The assistant says this, I think she means that they played with the prototype a bit to see if it was safe to be around kids, or something.
This is the sense of ‘every possible precaution’ that teenagers use when they have crashed their parents cars trying to do bootlegger turns on suburban roads.
Zvi is interpreting this as zero precautions whatsoever, but if he was being more charitable he might interpret it as epsilon precautions.
Honestly go see the film. It’s great if you’ve already read Zvi’s review. (I might have dismissed it as a pile of tripe if I hadn’t. But it’s damned good if you watch it pre-galaxy-brained.)
I’m not John, but if you interpret “epsilon precautions” as meaning “a few precautions” and “pre-galaxy-brained” as “before reading Zvi’s Galaxy Brained Take interpretation of the film” I agree with his comment.
I thought ‘epsilon’ was euphemism for ‘practically but not literally zero’. But then it wouldn’t seem to make sense for John to recommend it as great, since that seems to reinforce the point the character was holding an ‘idiot ball’, hence my question.
The assistant says this, I think she means that they played with the prototype a bit to see if it was safe to be around kids, or something.
This is the sense of ‘every possible precaution’ that teenagers use when they have crashed their parents cars trying to do bootlegger turns on suburban roads.
At least that’s the impression I got from this.
If the character took a ‘few precautions’ in the sense of a limited number out of the full range, for whatever reasons, then the required suspension of disbelief might not be a dealbreaker.
So is this hyperbole then?
The assistant says this, I think she means that they played with the prototype a bit to see if it was safe to be around kids, or something.
This is the sense of ‘every possible precaution’ that teenagers use when they have crashed their parents cars trying to do bootlegger turns on suburban roads.
Zvi is interpreting this as zero precautions whatsoever, but if he was being more charitable he might interpret it as epsilon precautions.
Honestly go see the film. It’s great if you’ve already read Zvi’s review. (I might have dismissed it as a pile of tripe if I hadn’t. But it’s damned good if you watch it pre-galaxy-brained.)
Can you explain what you mean by “epsilon precautions” and “pre-galaxy-brained”?
I’m not John, but if you interpret “epsilon precautions” as meaning “a few precautions” and “pre-galaxy-brained” as “before reading Zvi’s Galaxy Brained Take interpretation of the film” I agree with his comment.
I thought ‘epsilon’ was euphemism for ‘practically but not literally zero’. But then it wouldn’t seem to make sense for John to recommend it as great, since that seems to reinforce the point the character was holding an ‘idiot ball’, hence my question.
At least that’s the impression I got from this.
If the character took a ‘few precautions’ in the sense of a limited number out of the full range, for whatever reasons, then the required suspension of disbelief might not be a dealbreaker.