@MemberOfSpecies @Meaningness can't you say same about the Rules of Chmess?
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Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@Meaningness I don't know. I don't have a principled philosophical answer either.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@simplic10@Meaningness But to say "cats" exist but the rules of Chmess don't exist, one needs to identify the relevant difference.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies@simplic10@Meaningness "cats" is a characterization of how a collection of quantum whatnots behaves; so is probability2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@simplic10@Meaningness But it seems saying "cats" isn't *just* a predictive strategy, because humans *care about* cats.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies@simplic10@Meaningness humans care about probability? they care about lots of damn fool things, some of which don't exist.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@simplic10@Meaningness I just meant that as a side note, not as a difference between cats and "more abstract" things.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies@simplic10@Meaningness I dunno, the question of whether something exists seems orthogonal to whether anybody cares.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@simplic10@Meaningness It seems as though we shouldn't care about anything that doesn't exist.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MemberOfSpecies
@MemberOfSpecies@admittedlyhuman@simplic10@Meaningness In the next day or two I'm going to have a post on the Crab dissolving existence.3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@GrumplessGrinch @admittedlyhuman @simplic10 @Meaningness I hope it's not just "sometimes it's useful to say a thing exists, sometimes not".
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