Thinking of the old adage “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust” it could be alians landing on Earth ;-)
I wouldn’t get my hopes up… I don’t think you or any other laymen have heard of the term ‘Fermi paradox’ but it does a good job of explaining why (I have heard of it and && have stdied it because I deal with all kinds of mathematical formulae and theories (+ more) in my field of study))
I don’t think you or any other laymen have heard of term “being condoscending”
It’s spelled as “condescending”, not “condoscending” and no, I’m not “being condoscending”. I suppose I was a tad too straightforward.
I’d prefer to be called a ‘layperson’ if I’m to be labelled ;-)
Well, you are not very adept in the English language, are you?
I recommend reading English literature/taking grammar classes to improve your understanding of the language.
Actually I am. English is my first language and I studied it too in tertiary education. It does seem though that you really jump quickly to incorrect assumptions about others. I was really pointing out to you that I prefer to be addressed by a more politically correct term such as layperson, if you really want to give me a label. You seem to have missed that nuance.
qyuickly incorrecty Do you mean ‘quickly’ and ‘incorrectly’?
politically correct term
I’m not interested in politics… (My father says this is my weak point but I’m inclined to believe otherwise, considering the growth of my newest venture ;) )
Again you miss the nuance… it’s not about party politics - it about being gender sensitive, racially sensitive, etc. That is your third strike on the nuances of the English language. It’s not about mathematics but about meaning and context. But OK this is a science forum so I don’t want to end up trolling it, as the topic is languages.
