“Heat death” is the name given to hypothesis that the Universe will continue to expand and cool until there is no light or energy left. Using the term for Earth burning up is going to confuse people.
Yeah, so you shouldn’t use a well-established term like “heat death” in your own way just because you feel it’s appropriate. Words have meanings. That’s how we communicate.
If I call you a nincompoop to say you’re really smart, just because I think there’s no clear etymology for the term, so it isn’t “linguistically relevant through uniqueness” (whatever the fuck that means) to say it means you’re foolish, you probably wouldn’t understand that’s what I meant. You might even take it as an insult. So our communication would have broken down through my misuse of a word with a well-established meaning.
j4k3@piefed.world 3 days ago
yesman@lemmy.world 3 days ago
“Heat death” is the name given to hypothesis that the Universe will continue to expand and cool until there is no light or energy left. Using the term for Earth burning up is going to confuse people.
j4k3@piefed.world 3 days ago
TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You could’ve just said “oops, my bad I didn’t know that”
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Yeah, so you shouldn’t use a well-established term like “heat death” in your own way just because you feel it’s appropriate. Words have meanings. That’s how we communicate.
If I call you a nincompoop to say you’re really smart, just because I think there’s no clear etymology for the term, so it isn’t “linguistically relevant through uniqueness” (whatever the fuck that means) to say it means you’re foolish, you probably wouldn’t understand that’s what I meant. You might even take it as an insult. So our communication would have broken down through my misuse of a word with a well-established meaning.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
So much to do, so little time.
TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
No it isn’t…