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   "text": "Smart contracts cannot by themselves carry human business interactions, because those interactions require flexibility in interpreting intent that is at odds with the merciless mathematical logic of smart contract code.",
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   "text": "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.",
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