Yes, we have interacted there a few times. I would probably use the term "common-mode cancellation." But it is something that is a very base concept in EE and the other terminology makes sense to me, although for non-EE I could see the issue.
You should make hacker news your website on EE? Your account looks some bare there, add some information!
Their signals are cancelling out because they are in phase, this is a thing. It describes what is happening and why. You are arguing semantics here more than a technical point here, from my perspective. I agree with the physical reason, just because it is simple does not mean you cannot have a term for it in the case.
You should make hacker news your website on EE? Your account looks some bare there, add some information!