• verdigris@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    Heat and water are not analogous because heat is pure energy. Water is a physical liquid. You’re laser focused on a single definition of a word that’s used in many other ways. Anyone trying to tell you that water isn’t wet is engaged in semantic foolery.

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      8 days ago

      You’re laser focused on a single definition of a word that’s used in many other ways.

      You’re putting your finger on the entire argument there: words are used differently in different contexts, and thus mean different things. The whole discussion is banal.