There is a pervasive circumstance in human language (in general) and programming languages (in particular) where communication breaks down because people are using the same "words" but with subtly (or overtly) different understandings of the context.

Yes I have pondered this for a long time, and found that the "wider the scope of the word", the more inconsistency there is. As discussed here, it is relatively narrow in scope, talking about programming terminology. But it really becomes difficult when the scope is wide, as when you are talking about things like soul, life, existence, etc. Then it can take hours(even years) of interactive discussion before a group can agree on what the words ACTUALLY mean. This gets compounded by the "unique emotional feeling evoked by each word", ....I call it the "You havn't walked all the way in my shoes" Collory. :-)

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh

In reply to Re: The Law of Inconsistent Assumptions by zentara
in thread The Law of Inconsistent Assumptions by dimar

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