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I interpret it a bit differently. After all, a variable declared with
var
isn't really more capable of being rebound, or bound to more values, than one declared withlet
. However, it is possible, withvar
, that setting a variable in one place could change it unexpectedly in another, so Rose Noble coming out as trans could cause Jordan Peterson to also suddenly be a woman.