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Now, a standard-form contract without at least one howling error is unknown to legal science, so she should expect an assiduous machine reader, so instructed, to be tireless, and quickly tiresome, in rooting out formal discrepancies and bringing them to her attention.  
Now, a standard-form contract without at least one howling error is unknown to legal science, so she should expect an assiduous machine reader, so instructed, to be tireless, and quickly tiresome, in rooting out formal discrepancies and bringing them to her attention.  
====When “solution” ''is'' the problem====
{{drop|C|ontrary to [[modernist]]}} wisdom — viz., ''thou shalt not rest until all problems are solved'' — descending the fractal tunnel of error is, sometimes, a bad idea. ''Usually'', in fact. Down it snafus and boo-boos that an experienced lawyer will roll her eyes at, takes a moment sanctimoniously tut about, ''but will then let go''.


Contrary to modernist wisdom — viz., ''thou shalt not rest until all problems are solved'' — descending the fractal tunnel of error is, largely, a bad idea. These are the things an experienced lawyer rolls her eyes at, takes a moment sanctimoniously tut about, ''but then lets go''. Usually, she will not register that the “issue” was even there. This is noise: instinctive, formalistic fluff, well past a seasoned professional’s [[ditch tolerance]].
Life, you see, is too short. She may even filter these out subconsciously, with her fast brain, and not register the “issue” at all. This is [[Signal-to-noise ratio|pure ''noise'']]: instinctive, formalistic fluff, well past a seasoned professional’s [[ditch tolerance]].
 
====Variance, redux====
{{Quote|Q: What’s the difference between an [[LLM]] and a [[trainee]]? <br>
{{Quote|Q: What’s the difference between an [[LLM]] and a [[trainee]]? <br>
A: You only have to punch information into an [[LLM]] once.<ref>This is a nerd’s version of the drummer joke: ''What’s the difference between a drummer and a drum machine? You only have to punch information into a drum machine once.''</ref> }}  
A: You only have to punch information into an [[LLM]] once.<ref>This is a nerd’s version of the drummer joke: ''What’s the difference between a drummer and a drum machine? You only have to punch information into a drum machine once.''</ref> }}  


This, perhaps, accounts for that mysterious variance among experienced lawyers. [[Contract review]], end of the day, is an art, not a science. Much of a contract is filler better satsficing than optimising much less perfecting. Sometimes you take a point, sometimes you don’t. Some like the comfort of redundant boilerplate, others cannot abide it. Harbouring different traumas and scars from their life experience, different individuals — and institutions — are fearful about different things.  
{{drop|T|his, perhaps, accounts}} for that mysterious variance among experienced lawyers. [[Contract review]], end of the day, is an art, not a science. Much of a contract is filler better satsficing than optimising much less perfecting. Sometimes you take a point, sometimes you don’t. Some like the comfort of redundant boilerplate, others cannot abide it. Harbouring different traumas and scars from their life experience, different individuals — and institutions — are fearful about different things.  


Does it ''matter'' that your contract has a [[counterparts]] clause? Does it matter that it ''doesn’t''?  
Does it ''matter'' that your contract has a [[counterparts]] clause? Does it matter that it ''doesn’t''?