You’re welcome for the lesson on the finer semantic details of your secondary language.
Bonus terminology:
“Appeal to authority”: A logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a person’s expertise in a field is proof of a claim itself. This is a disputed fallacy, as there are indeed certain instances where it might applicable, such as a mechanical engineer describing the workings of mechanical systems, but is always a fallacy when they attempt to use their expertise in one field as proof in another.
You can have a manual input to a mechanical system. For example, pulling a lever to operate a machine.
The typical distinction is whether it uses and translates the input through various mechanisms. Moving a shutter with your thumb is not a mechanical shutter.
Flipping a switch or pushing a button to do same thing could be. The manual input is translated to a separate output instead of the person providing the energy directly.
Did I explain this middle school vocabulary lesson to your satisfaction?
I’m a mechanical engineer, but what do I know. Just studied that shit for 5 years and worked as one for the past 13.
But then again, I’m from Germany so maybe there is a language barrier between us somehow.
We now know what you mean and you probably also know what the other person meant. All is well.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanical
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manual
You’re welcome for the lesson on the finer semantic details of your secondary language.
Bonus terminology:
“Appeal to authority”: A logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a person’s expertise in a field is proof of a claim itself. This is a disputed fallacy, as there are indeed certain instances where it might applicable, such as a mechanical engineer describing the workings of mechanical systems, but is always a fallacy when they attempt to use their expertise in one field as proof in another.
Did you even read the links before posting them?
Do you believe a ball is a mechanical system?
You can have a manual input to a mechanical system. For example, pulling a lever to operate a machine.
The typical distinction is whether it uses and translates the input through various mechanisms. Moving a shutter with your thumb is not a mechanical shutter.
Flipping a switch or pushing a button to do same thing could be. The manual input is translated to a separate output instead of the person providing the energy directly.
Did I explain this middle school vocabulary lesson to your satisfaction?
Yes, yes, you did. Just as a middle school pupil would :)
🤷♂️
You can show them where it is, but you can’t make the jackasses drink the water.
Y’all have fun sharpening your mechanical pencils.
Not only are you being a condescending prick, you also cannot be bothered to be right. What a waste of a human life.
Poor fella