Arguably you are touching, or nearly touching, both of those things.
Comment on What is the cutoff distance when you point and say [thing] is "here" or [thing] is "there"?
foggy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not physical distance.
“Here in earth, the air is made mostly of oxygen.”
“Here in the milky way Galaxy…”
It’s about locality to the subject.
vatlark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Windex007@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s beyond that, the context even matters. If I’m in my garage, and my car is parked in the driveway:
-If someone asks where the car is (implication my wife could be out getting groceries, it could be at the shop, etc…) the answer is “here” (on the premises) as opposed to “there” (the grocery store, the shop, etc)
-If I want to change the oil in my garage, I could as someone to bring it “here” (being the garage) because it’s currently “there” (the driveway).
In both cases, my location and the vehicles location is the exact same. “For what purpose?” Informs if something is “here” or “there”.
foggy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In both cases, it is decided by subject locality. Not object locality.
As I said.
Windex007@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe I misunderstood your definition of locality. Inferring it based on your two examples which were both of great scale is difficult. Also on earth the air is mostly made of nitrogen.
vatlark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So “here” is close enough for your needs. “There” is too far away to be useful.