EFI & furthermore

[Terry Martin]

Robert Harris wrote:
> 
> One last time - please read the FAQ's just posted.

Did that, thanks. 

>  Words have
> meanings, - chemical, physical, electrical etc terms have fairly
> exact meanings.  Use them as they are defined - when you don't
> you confuse the shit out of everyone and embarrass yourself and
> needlessly throw fire onto fuel.

Oh, I never embarrass myself when I learn something, and thanks again.

> Thought trains, concepts etc. get
> radically misunderstood when everyone is not speaking the same
> language.  Remember, we are not politicians, seeking to deceive,
> just people trying to do what we can for our own personal needs.

And mine is to learn, thank-you very much again. 

On the other hand, someone, say, as learned as yourself, should see past
the words, and recognize the concept. Like someone trying to understand
a person not speaking his native tongue. However, if you don't speak the
language expressed very well either, then you will have the shit
confused out of you. It's one of the benefits to everyone not speaking
the same language. Any shit in you will be confused out.

Once again, thank-you so much.

Oh, not to beat it to death, and to be perfectly clear, you state "Words
have
> meanings, - chemical, physical, electrical etc terms have fairly
> exact meanings." 

I already know that words have meanings, since I use them on a more or
less non-arbitrary basis, but what does "fairly exact" mean? I
understand that the english language also has context, and "fairly" is a
contradiction in context with "exact". Not to be so bold as to
contradict you outright, but I understand, and believe to be true, that
mathematics was "invented" as the "language" of science, due to its
exacting precision and unabiguity in fairly describing the various
scientific doctrines.

Do you propose that we should defer to mathematics so that everyone,
regardless of tongue should fully and completely understand that of
which we speak? 

Terry