• naught101@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    linguistic rules override physics pedantry.

    Idk why, maybe because I’m a scientist, but this speaks to something in my soul

    • I thought briefly about editing that to say, “in this context”, but I thought it might be redundant.

      It’s like the whole fruit/vegetable debate, and there not really being a scientific category of “vegetables” that aligns with the common usage. However, in common usage, the loose, lay definition of “vegetable” is far more useful than the scientific, taxonomical one.

      Context is king.