Why do scientists shy away from the word “problem”? Why a challenge or at best open question
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Replying to @maria_ndrnh
I have no answers. But "problem" does have a technical definition already — no idea if that plays a role here? E.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_problem …
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Replying to @o_guest
Ah! I would never have thought about it like this! Thanks :) I was told to use positive language so it’s “challenge”
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Replying to @maria_ndrnh
"Challenge" is seen as inherently positive? Interesting — as I would argue the semantics of a very similar word "challenged" are very negative and bleed over into "challenge".
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Replying to @o_guest @maria_ndrnh
Context, see image.pic.twitter.com/PkS0MgLfci
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