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To SM (282)
Here at least I see where you have misunderstood.
– “Leads to” this is a shorthand from scientific writing (and philosophy in general). My apologies, I am so used to it that I sometimes forget that most people are not. What this specifically means is that “If we presume ‘X’ then this has the logical consequences of ‘Y’: and the shorthand is that we say “‘X’ leads to ‘Y.'”

(Realize first that my “blog” is not so much meant for the public as to record my thoughts for my own later reference [I state this at the top of my “blog”].)