alt Hacker NewsAll right, off topic but I've seen this a bunch lately and the term just really irritates my brain for some reason. What's its origin? "[adverb] based" just feels so wrong to me. Shouldn't that be a noun: "Evidence-based medicine", "values-based", "faith-based", etc. Does "physically based" bother anyone else?
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curiousObject • 01/17/2025
But what alternative can you suggest which doesn’t break grammar or usage precedents like “physically based”?
Physics-based? Reality-based? Physically-derived?
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msk-lywenn • 01/17/2025
It bothers me too, but I’m French. I always assumed it was some corner of the language I don’t know
It is a bit of a silly term. It was made mostly to contrast against the somewhat more adhoc methods that preceded it. The new technique was parameterized more around physical properties where the older ones were more about visual descriptions.
This paper from Disney is what kicked off the movement https://disneyanimation.com/publications/physically-based-sh...