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Re:Precision in Technical Discussions by mikece on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:49AM (#30209232)
I have had too many discussions/arguments that were resolved as soon as it was deduced that the meanings of the words over which the discussion revolved meant different things to the interlocutors. And yes, I worded it that way to make a point: using large words with precise meaning requires a level of education that, sadly, is lacking these days. Too often I need to dumb-down my vocabulary which results either in a lack of precision or a wall of text to describe something in detail that a handful of multi-syllabic words could have done more concisely.
Re:Precision in Technical Discussions by spaetzleesser on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:19PM (#30209641)
You pretty much always have to make sure that everybody associates the same meaning with words. In politics this is often used to be deceptive. Somebody who says he is a “socialist” may mean something different than what some people are hearing.