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Today I Learned (TIL)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

Essence:

In cognitive science, we say the carrot is “prototypical” – for our idea of a vegetable, it occupies the centre of the web of associations which defines the concept.

I don't carrot all.