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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
The crucial difference is that the culinary classifications have no scientific basis.
Who is "we"? People (ITT) who study botany have functional, scientific definitions.
The culinary classifications have no scientific basis, but they do have an anthropological basis. They're not completely meaningless.
I was basing that on a misunderstanding: I thought that the word "vegetation" being an archaic term meant that it was no longer used, but yeah, I was incorrect there. I appreciate the correction.