"This is an idea of "can" or "could have" which we apply only to people (and maybe some animals). When we say, "The car could have climbed to the top of the hill," we mean the car had enough power to reach the top of the hill if someone drove it there. […] But when it comes to people, we seem to think that they can do various things they don't actually do, just like that,without anything else happening differently first. What does this mean?"
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