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    626 days ago

    When it’s a grouping that we lack the definition for, then the group doesn’t really exist, even if it’s members do and we all gave a good idea of what are, for instance, fish. Basically the group ‘fish’ contains all the things you think are fish, which is problematic as someone else may have a different idea of which things belong in the group, and while that’s fine when talking coloquially, you can’t really use it when trying to discuss things in a rigerous fashion.

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      126 days ago

      The vast majority of language is not “rigorous”. Colloquial definitions are incredibly important.

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        226 days ago

        Which is fine as long as you don’t try to make rigid distinctions out of your arbitrary colloquia and claim to be acting logically.