Hippiebigbuckle t1_ith0reo wrote
Reply to comment by sock_templar in Formation of Namibia’s fairy circles isn’t due to termites. Plants are "ecosystem engineers" that survive by forming optimal geometric patterns. by marketrent
>Semantics matter.
They do.
> it's a technical term. Same as we say live wire for wires with electricity.
That is not a technical term. A technical term for that situation would be a closed circuit or an energized circuit.
> Not that we mean the fire acts like it has a life of it's own.
Is it Opposite Day? That’s exactly where the term comes from.
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