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Evocative "sorta" names have a tendency to spread misinformation when the scientific details are opaque to most people. It's not a practice that I think is okay
by c3534l 7y ago
Evocative "sorta" names have a tendency to spread misinformation when the scientific details are opaque to most people. It's not a practice that I think is okay.
- jessriedel 7y agoThen you should probably express your displeasure to guy who picked the name :) Seriously though, all evocative names are imperfect. Laymen always over interpret them. I don't like "quantum Darwinism" much, but if your standard is that the name of a mathematical concept not be misinterpreted, then basically all English words are out.
- gpderetta 7y agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/895/ https://xkcd.com/895/