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by itsamario 1 day ago
When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom. -Confucius

I've read that asia is leading the world in scientific discoveries and therefore Mandarin gets the naming rights. That's privilege and the reason English is fleeting

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I've read that too. Yet, I've also read stuff like [0]. The truth is probably somewhere it between

[0]: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01902-0

I'm sure they do genuinely have those problems but it's not like Western research has been free of such scandals.
> When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom. -Confucius

I don't think I believe that this is a real Confucius quote.