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Similar to what happened with the word atom, it literally means indivisible, but instead of renaming atoms, we just kept adding other names when we found out th
by ta1234567890 7y ago
Similar to what happened with the word atom, it literally means indivisible, but instead of renaming atoms, we just kept adding other names when we found out the atom was actually very much divisible.
The assignment and communication of meaning is a fascinating topic/problem that affects pretty much everything we do, yet it's usually invisible or transparent to us most of the time.