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I worry a lot about Samo's concept of intellectual dark matter. What knowledge have we lost that we don't even know was there? Autopilot "traditionalism" isn't enough to recapture it.

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Samo Burja

@SamoBurja

Apr 6, 2019

Dark Matter: Invisible mass, that we can infer exists because of its gravitational effects, holding galaxies together. Intellectual Dark Matter: Knowledge we can infer exists, but we do not have direct access to. youtu.be/-KPAD1UjpsE

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ime, in historical reenactment, such things are often rediscovered because forgotten practices leave holes that their reinvented versions fit in perfectly

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that doesn't account for all dark matter but for a surprising amount (motivation is usually, "it's super annoying to do it like that, surely I can improvise with the tools that I allow myself to use, that's not cheating")

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