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Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? According to Melanie Feinberg, a professor at UNC’s School of Data and Information Sciences, the technically correct answer is: both! That’s because category systems are human creations that exist only to serve our interests – so it’s okay to call tomatoes ‘fruits’ at some times and ‘vegetables’ at other times, based on which classification makes the most sense in the moment. You do you. (Feel free to apply the same logic the next time you get drawn into an argument over whether a hot dog is a sandwich.)
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