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Since we're on the subject of recursion, there is a problem when somebody uses a term that they only understand 90%. Somebody else reads that and understands 90%, and then they use, and then another person reads it...

And then we arrive in the current situation where people use terms like "rainbow table" or "HFT" to describe who knows what.



Isn't that just the general nature of human communication, though?

I mean, yeah, maybe one could argue about math, but even math (proofs, especially[1]) can get a bit fuzzy.

[1] Which one could argue are a prerequisite for true understanding of a mathematical concept.




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