I think that the issue is that the word is often applied in a subjective manner. An example of a reasonable use might be “Dichotomizing continuous data can be problematic.” (Followed by an explanation of why.)
Has the intellectual quality of any discussion ever been improved by anyone using the word 'problematic'?
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Yeah, but in a legit case like that, 'problematic' is painfully vague about what exactly the problem would be... it means little more than 'bad' or 'wrong'.
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It’s a weasel-word, nearly always used to give the strong implication that some idea or person is unsavoury without actually needing to go through the trouble of articulating how or why.
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It's a way to say 'this person sucks' and sound considered and eloquent while doing so.
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There should be a problematic button on tweets
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I'm the first vote in one of Geoffrey's polls...goal achieved!!!!pic.twitter.com/dTNAqTXtBi
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I am the 100000000 vote (in binary) so if we discount the zeroes, I too have a single 1 in my vote. 256th if someone asks what this means in decimal... Or 0100 in sedecimal (Hex) Yours is 000000001 in binary and 1 in decimal and 0001 in sedecimal (Hex). My 1 wanders around
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There are intellectual conundrums that can be said to be hard to solve, and therefore "problematic" in that sense.
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Isn't this just called a problem? I studied philosophy. We had all kinds of problems. Problem of Evil, Mind Body problem etc. No one says "you know the mind body problem is problematic". It's just a problem.
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Please come on the podcast
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