In my family we call it the Magnus panic.
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TIL "Gibbs Phenomena", I didn't realize that sense of discontinuity had a name! I've been thinking a lot about how autistic brains seem to have a knack for identifying discontinuity, but we translate that to other domains without realizing what's really happening. Hmm.
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I'm autistic. Ha! I'm in the right trade then.
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same, to be clear! And yeah I've found that a lot of us seem to have a lot of deep thoughts around this space, and I'm fascinated by that!
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I've had a few conversations about my work with neurodivergent people at conferences etc over the past few years. The time between my explanation and "oh, yea, I know what you're talking about" often feels almost instantaneous. (And, the interest is way higher.)
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I'm curious...Have you ever think about your explanation in the context of rage cycles?
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Replying to @cleverclue @generativist and
This thread got me thinking the last few days. Bear with me. First, I love the idea of mapping mathematical concepts to feelings. I come from the life sciences, and have always found the beauty of living systems emerging from the laws of thermodynamics deeply comforting.
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Replying to @wack_robert @cleverclue and
In the same way, this idea of discontinuities (thanks for exposing me to Gibbs!) evoking emotions also struck a nerve, the fire at Notre Dame being an example. People grieved openly at this sudden, apparently random moment of capricious destruction of a work of beauty.
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Replying to @wack_robert @cleverclue and
Like the beauty of a living system, the result of enormous energy locked up in increasingly complex systems, the artifacts of human culture reflect huge investments of physical and intellectual energy. Still, they are subject to entropy, and these sudden Gibbsian state changes.
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Replying to @wack_robert @cleverclue and
Bringing it back to the personal, a good friend died suddenly in a very random car crash a few years ago. I've struggled with understanding the random, arbitrary, capricious cruelty of her death, but this idea of Gibbs phenomena gives me a similar kind of comfort. Thanks.
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(I want to respond but not while im semi-nauseated in a car)
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