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minus-squareZaphod@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoAren’t infestations about something that wasn’t there before and doesn’t actually belong there?
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoNo, it is about their presence being wanted or not. I don’t want to go to a swamp because is infested with mosquitoes for example, mosquitoes were always there. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infestation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infest
minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoWe are aware of the dictionary definition. OP was precisely about arguing that that definition is a based on a fallacy.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoWhere is the fallacy?
minus-squareBossDj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoPresent where they are unwanted, but often used to describe their natural habitat.
minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoI saw both links pop up as well. I opted to go with the first, standard, book— webster’s instead of cherry picking. The problem is, both meanings are correct. However, the “troublesome” definition is primary… and look at the example given: 1 to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner shark-infested waters 2 to live in or on as a parasite
Aren’t infestations about something that wasn’t there before and doesn’t actually belong there?
No, it is about their presence being wanted or not. I don’t want to go to a swamp because is infested with mosquitoes for example, mosquitoes were always there.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infestation
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infest
We are aware of the dictionary definition. OP was precisely about arguing that that definition is a based on a fallacy.
Where is the fallacy?
Present where they are unwanted, but often used to describe their natural habitat.
I saw both links pop up as well. I opted to go with the first, standard, book— webster’s instead of cherry picking.
The problem is, both meanings are correct. However, the “troublesome” definition is primary… and look at the example given:
1 to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
shark-infested waters
2 to live in or on as a parasite