# kaal:claim:3406323-032

**Claim.** Smart contracts fail to accommodate human business interaction because code does not follow the same logic on similar terms as natural human language, so the flexibility in interpreting intent that human dealings require cannot be ensured.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- human business interactions requiring interpretation of intent

**Source quote.**

> Human interaction requires flexibility in interpreting intent that cannot be ensured by smart contracting because smart contract code does not follow the same logic on similar terms as natural human language.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy* (2019), VI. Evolution, page 16

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323

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**Failure mode.** rigidity-of-mathematical-logic  (family: smart-contract-rigidity)

**Topics.** smart-contracts

**Keywords.** smart-contracts, interpretation, contract-flexibility, code-is-law

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3405401-010
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-014
- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-032

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