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It is meaningless to the general population. No term is meaningless to an individual or small groups of people, obviously. That goes without saying.
by 9rx 4mo ago
It is meaningless to the general population. No term is meaningless to an individual or small groups of people, obviously. That goes without saying.
- voakbasda 4mo agoIgnorance of a concept does not make it meaningless.
- win311fwg 4mo agoTruer words have never been spoken. Now set forth unto the world and transcend your ignorance to learn is meant by "meaningless". The discussion taking place will make more sense to you when you return.
- nickserv 4mo agoBy that logic all sorts of technical and scientific terms would be "meaningless". Seems like playing semantics, to not say disingenuous, using "meaningless" to mean "unknown", when the former clearly has a negative connotation.
- 9rx 4mo agoMost technical and scientific terms absolutely are meaningless outside of related technical and scientific communities. All terms have at least one person who sees it as meaningful else it could not fundamentally exist as a term, but clearly the context is about trying use it in contexts where the audience is the general population. There is no shared understanding of what it means in that setting, thus it is meaningless (to that audience).