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It's about pizza not fruit.

This article is light-hearted of course. But there are food ontologies for real -- the BBC have one for organising their recipes. And there is another which is used for food crops, which is used for research into disease (of the crops), and helping to alleviate hunger.


Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.


Then again, there is nothing wrong with putting tomatoes in a fruit salad, or a mixed vegetables/fruits salad, which is delicious.


Alternatively, understanding is recognizing that a tomato is actually a berry; mastery is not trying to make a tomato shortcake.


In which category would we place the needless repetition of trite sayings?


Tomato is a fruit!

Or is it? I may need a Clojure-based epistemology to decide.




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