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| Jun 16, 2017 at 10:07 | comment | added | Michael Kay | "It makes sense to me" colloquially seems to imply something between "I understand what is being asserted" and "I accept the assertion as true". So if someone puts forward an argument (say) that climate change is caused by human activity, responding "that makes sense to me" says that you have followed the reasoning and can't immediately see any flaws in it but you're not yet totally convinced. It might well be followed by a "but": "That makes sense to me, but how do you account for XYZ?" | |
| Jun 15, 2017 at 23:49 | history | edited | RaceYouAnytime | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2017 at 22:20 | history | answered | RaceYouAnytime | CC BY-SA 3.0 |