E prime and NVC proposed changes in language to better reflect reality—avoiding the use of “to be” judgments (“he is X”) in favor of observations specific to time and context (“he did Y”). What other edits to language have you seen that also aim to better reflect reality?
Mathematics does a lot of this. It's common for fundamental equations to change form over time as we find better and better ways of expressing the core idea. Maxwell-Lorentz equations in early form, & in modern form.pic.twitter.com/Yf0Pp2dHtK
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It's not just that the form on the right has fewer symbols; those symbols are somehow the "right" (or at least a right) way to think. Indeed, I've actually quoted the Yang-Mills equations, of which the Maxwell-Lorentz equations are a special case.
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Certainly, I think the ideas in the Y-M equations are a significantly deeper reflection of reality, to put it in your original frame.
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