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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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[–] CazzoBuco@lemmy.world -5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Somewhere in the middle means there's a middle and side-leaning, yes.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is why people hate pedants. You're technically correct, it's just a useless distinction that only exists to make you feel better.

[–] CazzoBuco@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's exactly how I feel about centrists. Curious.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Somewhere in the middle means it doesn't have to be dead center - it just has be between the two extremes and not exactly one of the extremes. To put it in numbers, somewhere in the middle between 0 and 1 is not just 0.5. It can also be 0.4. Or 0.7. Or 0.00000000001.