@sarahdoingthing @GrumplessGrinch Korzybski used subscripts but it didn't catch on. Note that 'grue' really should be 'grue_t'.
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@St_Rev@GrumplessGrinch words tend to be snapshots anyway - implication of motion or stillness (& patterns thereof) would add information1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@GrumplessGrinch motion or stillness, monotonicity or not, etc.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GrumplessGrinch So I think that pins down the real error in the 'grue' concept. 'Green' denotes something temporary.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GrumplessGrinch Sleight-of-hand: the definition of 'grue' implies, falsely, that 'green' has ANYTHING TO SAY about time t.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GrumplessGrinch 'green' really means 'green now, and green until it isn't'. No induction problem needs solving.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing@GrumplessGrinch nb the idea of saying 'this is in state X now' and adding layers of information on how X is changing...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GrumplessGrinch ...is basically what a Taylor series in calculus does.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev@GrumplessGrinch maybe that's the right place for it - too much cognitive load for everyday conversation1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev but it would be nice to be able to think that way at will1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sarahdoingthing I think that's how people actually think, when they haven't been antiknowledged by Plato or Thomism or whatever.
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing if only we lived in the world of null-a0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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