Tweetstorm in seven parts, wherein the author explains how a mistaken ancient metadata led to misunderstanding the term meta.
"Meta-" in modern usage means that which describes something else, or abstracts from it; metadata is data about the data.
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The Greek "μετά" is the source for "meta", but in Greek it doesn't mean abstracted - it means that which is after or beyond something else.
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The facile, ahistorical interpretation of the title "Metaphysics" is that meta means it is abstracted, i.e. beyond reality, describing it.
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