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Originally Posted by ziplock
The "function" of our lungs falls in the category of respiration. They carry out this function by... blah blah blah.The terminology is flawed in it's logic.
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My point is that I mean (and I think most people mean) exactly the same thing when I say point or goal as you do when you say function or something else. This is a different use of the term goal/point than we would use to say someone has a point/goal. To assume that I and others like me must be misunderstanding the point of science comes off as condescending.
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Originally Posted by ziplock
a prerequisite for a goal or point is reason
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Not always, only conscious human goals/points have reasons. The terms can be used in other ways:
goal-A noun or noun phrase referring to the place to which something moves
point-A quality or characteristic that is important or distinctive, especially a standard characteristic used to judge an animal. [observed universally with a seemingly great importance that-hmmm, seems like your long phrase could be simplified into 'point']