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[alexseanchai]

Can someone define "chemicals" for me? In the sense of the word that's contrasted to "natural" and "organic", the sense referenced when saying "don't eat anything containing something you can't pronounce", the sense that's being criticized when observing that apples contain unpronounceables such as tyrosine and dihydrogen monoxide.

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[madgastronomer]

OK, seriously, I am heartily against the whole "CHEMICALS BAD" inanity. You're just pedanting wrong. If you're going to be a pedant, do it right.

The relevant definition from Merriam-Webster.com:

4: place, insert

Both of which indicate not only something brought in from outside, but doing so intentionally, which leaves out your examples.

The relevant definitions from dictionary.com:

9. to put or place into something for the first time; insert:
to introduce a figure into a design.

10. to bring in or establish, as something foreign or alien:
Japanese cooking was introduced into America in the 1950s.


Again, things done specifically by humans.

If you're going to pick at it, do it well.