https://xkcd.com/2898

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“Some people say light is waves, and some say it’s particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that’s both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?” “YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T BE!”

  • @AeonFelis
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    139 months ago

    It’s “somewhere in the middle”. You are putting to much emphasis on “middle” and not enough of “somewhere”.

    • @CazzoBuco
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      -79 months ago

      Somewhere in the middle means there’s a middle and side-leaning, yes.

      • @[email protected]
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        79 months ago

        This is why people hate pedants. You’re technically correct, it’s just a useless distinction that only exists to make you feel better.

      • @AeonFelis
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        9 months ago

        Somewhere in the middle means it doesn’t have to be dead center - it just has be between the two extremes and not exactly one of the extremes. To put it in numbers, somewhere in the middle between 0 and 1 is not just 0.5. It can also be 0.4. Or 0.7. Or 0.00000000001.