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X-ray observations show that the hot, X-ray emitting gas surrounding galaxy clusters, the intracluster medium (ICM), has a nearly universal metallicity of ZICM \u2248 0.4Z\u2299. This metallicity is largely independent of stellar fraction, M\u2217\/Mgas, and exceeds what is expected from present-day stellar populations under standard initial mass functions (IMFs). This discrepancy is known as the missing metal conundrum. Many theories have been posed to explain this mismatch, but fault has been found to each when compared with observations. The primary remaining theory yet to be disproved is the existence of an Early Enrichment Population (EEP) - a predominantly high-mass stellar population at z \u223c 10 \u2212 6 that enriched the ICM while leaving a minimal surviving population. 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Then it would seem to follow that I should sell all my possessions. This piece of reasoning is underwritten by a principle known as Inheritance: if p entails q, then \"should p\" entails \"should q\". But \u00c5qvist (1967) pointed out some apparent counterexamples to Inheritance: \"Max should have known he was breaking a rule\" does not entail \"Max should have been breaking a rule\" even though \"Max knew he was breaking a rule\" entails \"Max was breaking a rule\". I argue that \u00c5qvist's observation is an instance of something more general: for many p and q where p entails and presupposes q, \"should p\" does not entail \"should q\". I sketch a semantics that accommodates this fact while still preserving the truth of many instances of Inheritance. Finally, I show that our discussion has consequences for a rather different debate in philosophy, as it seems to undermine a recent argument against the knowledge account of assertion.\n\n\nResearch\/Areas of Interest\nPhilosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind\n\nEducation\nPhD in Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States, 2008\nMSc in Economic and Social History, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2002\nBPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2001\nBA in Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1999\n\nBiography\nDilip Ninan received his Ph.D. from MIT, B.Phil. from Oxford University, and B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. Before coming to Tufts, he spent three years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.\n\nHis research interests include the philosophy of language, formal semantics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind. 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