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Re^9: XY Problem

by wrog (Friar)
on Jan 12, 2015 at 10:23 UTC ( [id://1112937]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^8: XY Problem
in thread XY Problem

if you're going to appeal to history, then you should just cite one or more sources and be done with it. I.e., who actually coined the term and how did they use it?

(... it being not entirely unusual to find the original usage turning out to be something quite different from what you might have expected..)

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Re^10: XY Problem
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jan 12, 2015 at 17:17 UTC

    FWIW, I agree with jdporter’s interpretation completely. And while twisting original usage/meaning is common, it muddies clarity and without a certain level of pedanticism in communications we risk developing things like lawyers.

      Just for fun, a webcomic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3470 - "Welcome to Technicality Club. The first rule of Technicality Club is..."

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