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I'll accept the onus and point you toward my tackling that matter in some depth in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12720879 https://news.y
by bobwaycott 10y ago
I'll accept the onus and point you toward my tackling that matter in some depth in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12720879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12720879
Edit: Please forgive posting a link to another comment. I'm pointing to the other comment only because I feel it is quite thorough, and am not sure the conversation is helped by duplicating the same sentiments, thoughts, and questions.
Edit 2: I hope my consideration of the issues and perspectives can pass the smell test of invoking a semantic argument. I genuinely find this particular issue to be one that is nuanced and important, and do not wish to subvert reasoned consideration by quibbling too much over words. Suffice to say, I think this is far more a matter of situational and conceptual difference, not just whether we should rightly use a word to indicate a thing.
- ahelwer 10y agoWell, I was being a bit unfair. Semantic arguments aren't useless per se when value is derived from satisfying a definition or not (as might be the case here). I will take a look at your linked comment.