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by ben_w 2597 days ago
What do you mean by “ambient“? If you hadn’t finished your comment with the words “our prototype” I would’ve assumed you meant things such as pictures of wolves having snow in them, and that snow being a clue that they are wolves, but I know that you can’t mean that.
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When you walk into a grocery store, you assume the fruit isn't plastic. When you walk into a furniture store, you do.

Why? Ambient context.

When you walk into a grocery store, you assume the fruit isn't plastic. When you walk into a furniture store, you do.

Why? Ambient context.

That was a really great way to get the point across, Especially because I still sometimes think it's real, even when I know the context.

That’s an example, not an explanation. From only that example, I cannot differentiate “ambient context” from “common sense”, which is a phrase that means totally different things to everyone who I’ve seen use it.