ValnaoApr 1

Japanese monks and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years. They accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset

https://sh.itjust.works/post/57803561

Show threadVictorApr 1
It’s there a difference in tone or meaning between accidentally and inadvertently? I feel like accidentally means they did something that was a bad thing.
Show threadjpeps
Was going to say this myself and then saw your comment. Totally agree. ‘Accidently’ practically implies that the record keeping itself only happened because some pencils happened to fall on paper. They did exactly what they intended to and used it for their own purpose. It just turned out to have a different purpose, too.
Apr 3 at 9:24amWeb
Show threadVictor5d ago
That’s an every better way of looking at it, to avoid “accidentally”. Great point!