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So if I pull out a short wooden stump for you to sit on, is that a chair? If not, how many furnishings does it need before it passes? You’ll find that it’s impossible to craft a definition that maps perfectly on to objective reality, and this is because language is made by and for people, not the other way around. We don’t craft definitions and then look for things that match them, we make observations and give names to things based on the usefulness of grouping them together.View attachment 311420
One can argue shapes and sizes of the chair, but in a practical sense, if someone says "do you have an extra chair we can pull up to the table?" We all know what they mean.
If someone comes up with a personally redefined definition of "carrot" that means something completely different and they want to start using the term "carrot" to describe a potato, when they say "pass the carrots", they shouldn't be shocked when someone hands them something other than what they were wanting, and they don't get to insist that everyone else at the dinner has to participate in their redefinition, and then imply that "it's everyone that has a problem, why are you guys so obsessed with the color, taste, and texture of vegetables?" as to make it sound like it's everyone else being pedantic and petty.
Carrots are a great example of this. Carrots come in a variety of shapes and sizes, some of which you might even mistake for a beet, sweet potato, or ginger root. Chances are, though, that when you think of a carrot, you’re thinking of the Danvers variety. Does that mean Lunar Whites aren’t also carrots? The Different Types of Carrots, Explained for Home Gardeners
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