PhD students born in the 1990s named a new deep-sea species Patrick Star. What do you think of this naming method?
A doctoral student born in the 1990s named the new species in the deep sea Patrick because this new species in the deep sea is very similar to the animated character Patrick designed in SpongeBob SquarePants. The two have some similarities. , so from this aspect, there is no problem in calling it Patrick Star.
A new species or if we expand the scope a little, a new thing appears in the world, what you call it is completely your freedom. For example, let’s assume a scenario of apples and oranges. Now we call apples apples. Why is it called apple? Because in the beginning, people called this thing an apple. But if in the beginning, people called this apple instead of an apple, they called it an orange. Now the orange is called an apple. The current orange corresponds to the current apple food. Those two Wouldn't it also work normally? It will not have any impact on the operation of real society.
The name is just a code name, just like whether you call Zhang San, Li Si, or your current name, it doesn’t have much impact, because people around you have been around for a long time, and they just know this name. , he is facing your name, it has no meaning, there is something meaningful about you, because you correspond to this name, you are in contact with them in real life, and it will have a certain impact on their activities, so this Only the name has a symbolic meaning, but in the final analysis, the name only has a symbolic meaning, and it is the same with another name.
After the new species in the deep sea was discovered, it was called Patrick Star. Can't he do it too? Because Patrick Star is an animated character designed. It doesn't exist in real life, but after discovering this new species and calling him Patrick, doesn't he exist? Because instead of calling Patrick, call him another name. For example, call him Q100 and give him a number. What’s the difference between calling him Patrick? Patrick is easier to understand and sounds cuter. But you just give him a number. He made up a number, which was more like the need for scientific research archiving.
There is no need to discuss too much about the name of an object or a creature, because this thing is called whatever it was originally called, just like when you were born, your name was Zhang San, and now you have always called it. Called Zhang San, you suddenly change your name, and you say I will be called Zhang 100 tomorrow, then others will not recognize it, and you will not know who Zhang Yibai corresponds to. This will take a period of adaptation time, so the name is Corresponds to a symbolic meaning.