Once again, another misstatement. There was no mention a of needing validation. Merely presumable through tangible results. In fact my word exactly was intangible. Even imaginary (attitude, a feeling, by your own words) and therefore arguable. In fact, I'd go so far as to say an undeclared intention only exists in contemplation. Completely reasonable to speculate or even propose the intentions of others when they themselves have not declared it.
The true state of something may not be known or understood, so it is surmised through reasoning or analysis. Whether it is absolute is in the conviction of the believer of the conclusion, or plausibility of the conclusion. But yes, making deductions based on past behavior is a very reasonable element of analysis and conclusion. In this case its quite simple, a long term demonstration of capability therefore I can come to the reasonable conclusion that was their intent all along. Until proven otherwise, my conclusion is indisputable.
No, actions are not intentions and deductions about intentions cannot be gleaned from actions. You need to read the basic social psychological literature before you start spewing hogwash that was refuted decades ago. Start with Asch and then on to Converse, Achen and Bishop.
You stated neither of the above in your original post. Simply parroting a irrelevant point to the original argument. Just as you injected the irrelevant point of Bluetooth into the discussion.
Of course my original post had no argument; my original post was a question. My comment that many bluetooth speakers also have Airplay capability was 6 posts down, and was part of an overall statement that AirPlay capability in the Express is the ability to stream music from iTunes to speakers, not just audio jack. The false assumption that what I meant was that Bluetooth capability = Airplay was injected into the discussion by you.
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