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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by karaterobot on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:54PM (#35843707)
How do we decide whether someone is using a word incorrectly, or if we should update our present reality?

Another question: are there places where accuracy and precision are more important than others? Would an encyclopedia be one of those places? I'll reveal my cards here: I believe so.

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by cogitoergofutuo on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:46PM (#35844192)
I am happy that you brought up accuracy _and_ precision!

Somewhat humorously I think a good chunk of the disagreements here come from people treating those concepts interchangeably. Attempts to apply mathematical reasoning to language and interpretation are doomed to fall into similar traps.

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