I think this is part of a general phenomenon that might simply be more visible in certain fields than others, and which seems to arise from the fact that natural language cannot adequately deal with continuous phenomena. Richard Dawkins discusses this briefly in the popular piece The tyranny of the discontinuous mind.
I think this is part of a general phenomenon that might simply be more visible in certain fields than others, and which seems to arise from the fact that natural language cannot adequately deal with continuous phenomena. Richard Dawkins discusses this briefly in the popular piece The tyranny of the discontinuous mind.