bkydx t1_j8jm6iw wrote
Reply to comment by Chris-1235 in The brain can rapidly detect and process fearful faces that are otherwise invisible to the eye. There appears to be a neural pathway for detection of fear, which operates automatically, outside of conscious awareness. by Wagamaga
Normal parlance is based off of fiction and fantasy and super heroes has no bearing on scientific meaning.
Invisible is 100% the correct term according to science.
"Not perceptible by vision"
A Hunter standing in front of his prey is considered "invisible" if the prey is not able to process what is about to occur and not because he is bending light around his being.
Chris-1235 t1_j8kh8je wrote
The visual stimulus was 100% perceptible by vision. What other means could have possibly been used to pass that information to the subconscious? 6th sense?
As for the impirtance of "normal parlance", I refer you to Wittgenstein, §43 of Philosophical Investigations: “The meaning of a word is its use in the language"
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