JavaScript style: don't use wrapper objects for primitive types

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In the Google JavaScript style guide, it says not to use wrapper objects for primitive types. It says it's "dangerous" to do so. To prove its point, it uses the example:

var x = new Boolean(false);
if (x) {
  alert('hi');  // Shows 'hi'.
}

OK, I give up. Why is the if code being executed here?

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