"Computers run on social facts" != "users run on social facts".
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Replying to @St_Rev @Meaningness
I think most of your readers are likely to interpret "computers run on" at the magic smoke level, not the sociology-of-Internet level.
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Replying to @St_Rev
Judging from the replies so far, I think you are right. Many expressions of religious outrage.
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Replying to @Meaningness @St_Rev
Apparently 7,000 words will be required after all!
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Replying to @Meaningness @St_Rev
I think it’s funny that computer scientists think they know what computers do, and have a theory about that which is obviously false,
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Replying to @Meaningness @St_Rev
and have strong emotional reactions to having that pointed at…
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Replying to @Meaningness @St_Rev
You might have struck the pedantry nerve with a rocket-propelled Thor's hammer on this one.
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Replying to @David_Hatten @St_Rev
David Chapman Retweeted Sister Sarah
David Chapman added,
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Replying to @Meaningness @David_Hatten
As a sometime "white-hat" troll, I try to troll in a way that confuses audiences but does not create an emotional reaction to *me*.
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If their reaction is to stare at me, rather than the puzzle itself, I have failed.
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Yes, I do seem to have failed in that way in part—although given the number of likes & RTs, seems many people found it striking
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