by klondike mary » Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:53 pm
Marty = he? yes "signal advantage" = he is signaled/immediately noticed? Or he signals to someone else something? He has the ability to signal to someone else, yes.
Procedure = medical procedure? yes Did the procedure take more than an hour? Days? Minutes? Seconds? In the region of minutes to hours. Vaccination? no Did he undergo the procedure because he had a clinical condition? yessish Can anyone undergo the procedure? If you mean, can anyone ask to have this procedure, no. Not something you would do voluntarily. Would anyone feel as Marty felt after the procedure? IDK. A person's reaction, I think, would be subjective.
Marty had a number of problems--> financial problems? Physical problems? yes.restrictions?yes. Problems due to the procedure? That he did not have before the procedure? yes, he did not.That occurred due to the procedure? Did he voluntarily undergo the procedure?Yes, in view of the alternative. is the latter a FA? You think there might be a FA in one of my puzzles? Really?
He also had one signal advantage, which was his ability to --> is it a physical advantage? yessish, though not much of one. an advantage that could be perceived by other people?yes Is quarantine relevant? no.Is this an advantage relative to Marty but not relative to other persons? Other people who have had this operation could do this also. E.g. Marty had a deficit which was bridged with the procedure and now he considers an advantage something that other people normally have? Or viceversa, Martin had a disadvantage which translates into an advantage after the procedure? He did not have a deficit (something lacking) before the procedure. He now has a 'deficit' that might be an advantage, but a very small one.(normally I complain for the fact that I have a job that can be done from home for the many distractions. After quarantine, instead I am one of the few lucky people who can still work) Marty's situation is sort of similar, but it is peculiar to him, and not something many are undergoing.
Earnest