SeanDamnit
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Has anyone not figured out that Jerry here is just doing this to get a rise out of us?
I introduced the word!!!
This is insane and all to common here.
The reader defines the words that are written and when corrected by the writer the reader tells the writer he is wrong.
This is insane.
ETA: Maybe I should try this. I could go about and redefine anything that I disagree with and ... THIS IS INSANE!!!
Maybe you should try this: when you use a word with a meaning which should be obvious given the context, but which you have decided has an entirely different definition, you could link to the definition you wish to use. This would remove any misunderstandings and save you from having to not tell use anything more than once.

I used the first and common definition of the word.
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No, I don't think so. I think he's genuinely trying to articulate what he thinks about things. However, the problem is that what he thinks about things is merely denial of what other people think about things. If he has an actual opinion, he's yet to make it clear. Classic trolls don't usually rack up as many posts as he has.Has anyone not figured out that Jerry here is just doing this to get a rise out of us?
I used the first and common definition of the word.
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Hmmmm....do you always deliberately ignore the context of the discussion (here the fact that the discussion is on an internet forum among people who, for the most part, don't believe in the supernatural)?![]()
And how should we have known, exactly, which definition you used ?
Should we pick the first one by default no matter what the context of the conversation is ?
Please, JEROME, no more wiggling.
You see, this is where the trouble starts: I gave you definitions of made-up, the first of which (assuming you are talking about things and not people) isI used the first and common definition of the word.
This is not the obvious definition in the context of your problem with black holes; in this case 3. a. is much more appropriate.2. Of a thing.
a. Put together; composed of parts from various sources.
You see, this is where the trouble starts: I gave you definitions of made-up, the first of which (assuming you are talking about things and not people) is This is not the obvious definition in the context of your problem with black holes; in this case 3. a. is much more appropriate.
To make things perfectly clear, please give the exact definition, from the list, that you are using for made-up.

Hi Jerome: Back to the subject.
What do you think that the object in the center of our galaxy with a mass of 3.7 million solar masses in a volume with a radius of less than 45 AU is?
And which posting was this in?
I seem to remember that it was in the vein of "I have no idea but anything except a black hole". Am I wrong?
And your answer was in which posting?Yes, you are wrong.
And your answer was in which posting?