But saying that to make a hole in a sphere, you need to make two holes in the sphere is funny.
Comment on How about the digestive system?
halvar@lemy.lol 1 day ago
Ehh. I’m not sure it’s very constructive to make a topological argument from a debate people usually think about as a linguistic one.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
halvar@lemy.lol 12 hours ago
Very good observation. Now what about a hollow sphere?
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I like to think of this particular example as a sort of reminder that we need to be specific on what grounds we are arguing. Colloquially, and for the sake of practicality, the straw has two holes. You would one hole or the other is in the drink, or clogged. But topologically, yes, there is only one hole.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Except maybe to illustrate the necessity of various disciplines, as this is a maths problem and not a linguistics one.
Arguing the linguistics of this is like arguing over astrology.
knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
In germany we say alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat zwei
zeca@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
Fields dont need to be that isolated. In the end its arbitrary, so why not accept arguments of all perspectives?