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I don’t understand why if common usage of such terms is fine and even desirable in daily context, the same terms should not be used in scientific communication.
by pama 4y ago
I don’t understand why if common usage of such terms is fine and even desirable in daily context, the same terms should not be used in scientific communication. If people are unclear or ambiguous, then of course that’s undesirable and should be corrected, however, if certain terms are fully clear within their context then I don’t see the harm of the same term having a different meaning in the study of cognition and a different meaning when the term is used in the context of the analysis of an ML algorithm. The whole field is called machine “learning” after all.
- gillesjacobs 4y agoFor scientific papers, it is required to be specific and precise with terminology. Everyday communication affords more liberties and leeway. For the journal paper genre which is highly technical, more specific and appropriate terminology is always available that sidestep the whole issue.