Re:Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses to desc...
by Qwertystop on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:02PM
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> Isn't a heartbeat in general to be considered an "electrically induced flickering" of sorts?
My reading is that the argument is not that a heartbeat isn't "electrically induced flickering" but that the thing flickering should not yet be classified as a heart, and so it's disingenuous to call it a heartbeat.
My reading is that the argument is not that a heartbeat isn't "electrically induced flickering" but that the thing flickering should not yet be classified as a heart, and so it's disingenuous to call it a heartbeat.