WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I take “cannot be compared” to be a sort of shorthand claim - they aren’t actually asserting that the two thongs literally cannot be compared at all, but that they cannot be compared meaningfully or relevantly.
WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I take “cannot be compared” to be a sort of shorthand claim - they aren’t actually asserting that the two thongs literally cannot be compared at all, but that they cannot be compared meaningfully or relevantly.
Spzi@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Agreed, yeah. Guess I was taking the word too literally.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
You weren’t, relevantly implies that there is additional context that determines their relevance. Often when people say “two things aren’t comparable”, they’re trying to use that shorthand to avoid debating the context that would make them comparable or incomparable.