[The Bear's Key]

There's not enough room to put four vote options on the last category, so if you want to vote a "5" for it, just pick both "3" and "2" :-)

Also (since there wasn't room), I left out the choice for voting a "1". So if you think it's worth a "1", simply don't vote for a category and it'll be worth a "1".



Entry #1.

Math...

A codified representation of reality having various components that interact systematically to produce definitive outcomes, from which a user can deduce previously unknown information, verify information about reality, and/or descriptively model it.



The criteria explained.

• Accuracy/longevity. Definition is universal, and timeless, covering any future scenarios we imagine today.

• Standalone. It avoided using the word's synonym, antonym, or thesaurus friends. i.e. a) an emotion wasn't defined using a substitute feeling or very related word; b) "hot" wasn't defined as a lack of cold.

Also didn't need cheap partner or reference words. i.e. to define "alphabet" it didn't use "letters" or "symbols"; to define "language" it didn't use "words" or "communication".

• Brief/challenging.
a) Shorter than 50 words, but not too short. -1 point for each 10 words over 40.

b) It's also pretty challenging to define in words. i.e. an experience.

• Obvious. The definition is clearly for the word "___", it'll rarely get confused for another word.

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Will a mod change it to public? Thanks.

[Phi for All]

Cap'n will have to do it, Mods have no control over whether the results are public or not. We can't be trusted with that kind of power, we'd go mad, MAD I tell you!