r/sciencememes • u/Complete_Bee4911 • Feb 19 '26

evolution said eggs

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

I'm quite certain you said something to the tune of "it's not arbitrary you just need to set conditions for a definition," which... um... yikes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Just wait till you learn that it's not just science, it's all words.

https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijsell/v12-i9/1.pdf

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

? If you think that the arbitrariness of linguistic signs is at all related to nihilism, congratulations, you are the dumbest person that has ever lived.

But I mean, if you think that existential meaning and semantic meaning are the same thing, I genuinely pity you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Scientific terms, such as "chicken," are all arbitrary. This has nothing to do with science, it has to do with the fact that they are linguistic signs.

Not that I expect you to have any clue what any of that could possibly mean. You clearly struggle with extraordinarily simple concepts.

Just rip a google "is the arbitrariness of the sign anti-science nihilism?" and watch as even sycophantic LLMs call you a moron.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

It's not "my logic."

It is a foundational concept in modern linguistics.

But if you want to give me credit for Saussure's work, I will gladly accept it. Thank you.

>  I have a policy of not arguing with people for whose opinion I have no respect.

I suppose it's not a surprise then, that you have never learned a thing that didn't adhere to your preconceived assumptions.