when new age people use energy is a way that doesn’t correspond to something that can be measured in joules that’s bad
They use it in an unempirical way that corresponds to things that are literally nonreal. Besides, “energy” is a fine word to describe people “getting tired in social situations”.
They use it in an unempirical way that corresponds to things that are literally nonreal.
Are you arguing that those people aren’t feeling a sensation of energy?
If you think energy when used to talk about introverts paying energy during social interaction is meaningful and describes more than a subjective impression, what metric would you use to measure that energy?
If you consider them to be meaningful in this context I don’t think you have grounds to object with a large portion of the way the word energy is used by New Age people in practice.
They use it in an unempirical way that corresponds to things that are literally nonreal. Besides, “energy” is a fine word to describe people “getting tired in social situations”.
Are you arguing that those people aren’t feeling a sensation of energy?
If you think energy when used to talk about introverts paying energy during social interaction is meaningful and describes more than a subjective impression, what metric would you use to measure that energy?
Are you somehow implying that subjective impressions are not meaningful?
If you consider them to be meaningful in this context I don’t think you have grounds to object with a large portion of the way the word energy is used by New Age people in practice.