If there’s a commonly accepted scientific/biological term for something and I use a different term, most likely one of two things is happening.
One is that I don’t know the term. I’m not a biologist by training or inclination. I’m not pursuing a career recognizable as a scientist. Sometimes I read their textbooks or papers and pick something up without the accompanying fluency.
The second is that I’m trying to simplify. I’m a big fan of up goer five and putting concepts in different words to see if that helps different people understand. Usually if I’m doing that, I’ll leave a reference to the concept I’m talking about in the form I learned it from. I’m not always careful to do that though, especially if I’m writing quickly or I’m not sure where I got the idea from.
I’ll repeat Raemon’s question. What’s the term you think is commonly accepted to describe something I’m talking about with different words?
2 is an interesting strategy. But that ‘up goer five’ term is an example of what I’m referring to.
If by happenstance the ‘xkcd’ link failed for whatever reason, the median passing reader will likely never bother to puzzle out the meaning, at least not without further elaboration.
I’ll repeat Raemon’s question.
It doesn’t seem like he formed a question? In fact it appears as if he specifically refrained from doing so, even after I pointed it out.
What’s the term you think is commonly accepted to describe something I’m talking about with different words?
“up goer five” instead of “simplification”, “keeping things simple”, etc...
For your prior comment, I don’t know what your describing to think of equivalents, hence why I was asking. Asking me doesn’t seem to make sense?
If there’s a commonly accepted scientific/biological term for something and I use a different term, most likely one of two things is happening.
One is that I don’t know the term. I’m not a biologist by training or inclination. I’m not pursuing a career recognizable as a scientist. Sometimes I read their textbooks or papers and pick something up without the accompanying fluency.
The second is that I’m trying to simplify. I’m a big fan of up goer five and putting concepts in different words to see if that helps different people understand. Usually if I’m doing that, I’ll leave a reference to the concept I’m talking about in the form I learned it from. I’m not always careful to do that though, especially if I’m writing quickly or I’m not sure where I got the idea from.
I’ll repeat Raemon’s question. What’s the term you think is commonly accepted to describe something I’m talking about with different words?
2 is an interesting strategy. But that ‘up goer five’ term is an example of what I’m referring to.
If by happenstance the ‘xkcd’ link failed for whatever reason, the median passing reader will likely never bother to puzzle out the meaning, at least not without further elaboration.
It doesn’t seem like he formed a question? In fact it appears as if he specifically refrained from doing so, even after I pointed it out.
“up goer five” instead of “simplification”, “keeping things simple”, etc...
For your prior comment, I don’t know what your describing to think of equivalents, hence why I was asking. Asking me doesn’t seem to make sense?
You would be the only who could know for certain.