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Originally Posted by peacegirl
There you go nitpicking again. Saying the Sun is a ball of fire was perfectly fine in the context of that paragraph. He didn't have to get into detail; that wasn't the purpose. He was trying to help people see that it doesn't matter what word we use to describe an object; what matters is that the word is describing something real. These answers are close enough for me and would have been close enough for him.
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Lessans was using incorrect terminology out of ignorance, he didn't know what they meant but he used them to try and look smart. But anyone who knew the terms would see that he didn't understand them, and that improper usage just made him look more stupid. And the word used to describe an object does matter, to help others understand what is being described, and most would describe Lessans as an ignorant, arrogant, buffoon, the rest have no understanding of him at all. And probably don't care.