>If you're always chasing the next technicality

This sounds like someone who has never studied physics.

"Oh wow, I figured out everything about physics... except this one little weird thing here"

[A lifetime of chasing why that one little weird thing occurs]

"I know nothing about physics, I am but a mote in an endless void"

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Strong or weak definitions don't save you here, what you are looking for is error bars and acceptable ranges.