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A distinction between what happened and the significance assigned to what happened. Consequences are real; interpretation is another layer that can be examined.

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Significance Is Not a Property of an Event

An event can have consequences without containing a single mandatory significance. A contract ends. A person leaves. A project fails. A diagnosis arrives.

What happened matters. Then interpretation begins. This proves I am incapable. This means the relationship was a waste. This shows everything is falling apart.

The significance may be understandable. It may even contain useful information. It is still another layer. The distinction should not be used to trivialize harm or objective consequences. It is meant to keep interpretation examinable. What happened? What consequences follow? And what am I concluding that the event proves?

Significance is powerful precisely because it can become invisible and start masquerading as a property of the event itself.

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