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I somewhat agree. For example why use a term like 'mass', when 'size' or 'weight' would be much simpler.

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• lamby 15y ago
  and wrong
  • spiralganglion 15y ago
    ...but equally useful for the example, which is just about dividing rocks into two groups. We're interested in the process of dividing the rocks, not the criteria for division.
  • Singletoned 15y ago
    In what way is the word 'size' wrong?
    • bnegreve 15y ago
      I guess that Lamby means that one should not use "weight" instead of "mass", the two being two very different concepts.
      • corin_ 15y ago
        They're very different concepts, but for the sake of the example it doesn't matter which you are measuring, you could equally be measuring the number of atoms in each one if you happen to know it.
  • jannotti 15y ago
    Use 'height' (and maybe blocks instead of rocks, because then it's clearer they stack).