[musings] There is meaning in mystery; A unifying theory of meaning that explained it would destroy it by trivializing the mysterious
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Replying to @allgebrah
meaning is a just a corruption of cognition; the hub of the wheel is empty
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Replying to @Plinz
but maybe it's a useful corruption, not logically correct but increasing wellbeing/fitness
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Replying to @allgebrah @Plinz
i like to say that meaning is only created in local context. there is nothing universal about it.
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and there are plenty of eternal mysteries no one can ever "explain". like math.
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Replying to @paniq
Why? Math is just domain of formal languages. Meaning from math indicates reinforcement signal from structure discovery
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Replying to @Plinz @allgebrah
no, math is what happens when you set arbitrary but consistent rules and then follow them to their logical conclusion
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they don't have meaning, they just *are*.
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and sure, math is primarily understood as a language; but its signs and symbols point to something that is eternally true.
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not just "eternally true", but also at different temperatures and lighting conditions! fucking amazeballs! @allgebrah
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