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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, those wouldn't be holes.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You seem to not be getting that words can have multiple (even if related) meanings. When some science or other discipline takes a common word and defines it really precisely for their purposes, that doesn't change the definition of the common word for all usages and mandate that all lay people use it only with that discipline's more precise definition.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Better precision leads to better communication.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Quite true. It is also important to know the limits of the precision you are going to be getting.