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Semantics are important. What's not important is correcting a term that was good enough for its intended purpose and derails an otherwise fruitful discussion i
by Goladus 17y ago
Semantics are important. What's not important is correcting a term that was good enough for its intended purpose and derails an otherwise fruitful discussion into nitpicking about the meaning of words being used.
In this case I don't think it was really a big deal either way. Discussion about the major 3rd in the video wasn't really harmed much, and a few mildly interesting posts about semantics resulted.