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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoSo you’re saying things just exist, and as humans we categorize them? Because that’s what I said.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoThe idea of a “category” is inherently human. Just like “objective” and “criteria”. Which means there is objective criteria for what is categorised as a planet - it’s whatever we, humans, define them to be.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoNot objective in the sense that aliens would come to the same definition for what is and isn’t a planet. Compare that to something like what the elements are.
So you’re saying things just exist, and as humans we categorize them? Because that’s what I said.
The idea of a “category” is inherently human. Just like “objective” and “criteria”.
Which means there is objective criteria for what is categorised as a planet - it’s whatever we, humans, define them to be.
Not objective in the sense that aliens would come to the same definition for what is and isn’t a planet. Compare that to something like what the elements are.