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toasty228today at 1:34 PM2 repliesview on HN

Oh there is a very well defined and accepted definition in science, but for some reasons geniuses on this forum, and online in general, like to pull their best "ackchyually" broscience definitions.

btw feel free to open a dictionary and discover that a lot of words have multiple definitions, it doesn't mean they're meaningless...


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9rxtoday at 1:38 PM

"Meaningless" doesn't mean everyone fails to find meaning, it means that there is no general consensus on what it means. As you pointed out before, everyone holds their own pet definition. It means something to most everyone, but there isn't a shared understanding of what it means across the general population.

While it is true that words often have multiple meanings while remaining meaningful, they do not have multiple meanings within the same context as is the case here. I am surprised that wasn't obvious to you. Hey, on the bright side, at least you got to learn something new today.

vel0citytoday at 2:50 PM

> Oh there is a very well defined and accepted definition in science

What is this singular, well-defined, and widely accepted definition in science for "ultra-processed food"?

Are glazed donuts ultra-processed foods?