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Skepdick
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by Skepdick » Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:00 pm
Janoah wrote: ↑ Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:45 pm
there are "privileged", scientific definitions.
No, there aren't.
Why is 625–740 nanometres "red"?
Why isn't 525-640 nanometers "red" ?
Harbal
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by Harbal » Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:54 pm
Skepdick wrote: ↑ Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:45 pm
All three sentences (below) are definitions for the term "red".
This color is "red".
This color is "red."
A dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres is "red".
Which definition is "more consistent"; or "truer"?
Can we have a clue, please?
Skepdick
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by Skepdick » Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:54 pm
Harbal wrote: ↑ Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:54 pm
Skepdick wrote: ↑ Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:45 pm
All three sentences (below) are definitions for the term "red".
This color is "red".
This color is "red."
A dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres is "red".
Which definition is "more consistent"; or "truer"?
Can we have a clue, please?
The clue was in "There are no privileged descriptions/definitions".
Janoah
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by Janoah » Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:20 pm
Skepdick wrote: ↑ Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:00 pm
Janoah wrote: ↑ Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:45 pm
there are "privileged", scientific definitions.
No, there aren't.
for grannies sitting on a bench, scientific definitions are not privileged.
Sorry, here grandmother's tales are not interesting to me.
Skepdick
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by Skepdick » Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:15 pm
Janoah wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:20 pm
for grannies sitting on a bench, scientific definitions are not privileged.
Sorry, here grandmother's tales are not interesting to me.
And your tales are not interesting to grandmothers; or most people.
What's your point?
Agent Smith
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by Agent Smith » Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:00 am
It's quite simple actually: There's an adjective/adverb that goes with every verb. My English bad; my Latin worse; don't even talk about my Greek.