"Now that we've defined initial objects in the category Set, let's talk about the real Initial Object: Jesus Christ." https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/963204979237388288 …
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Basically, anything that involves symbol manipulation is a proxy for malevolent state power.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/963243106446360581 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepReplying to @zeynep @BrightApolloqsort sorts discrete data.. We often take continuous or continuous-ish stuff from the messy world & make it discrete. Stuff it into arrays. So many ontological questions just right there! How do we discretize? Who decides? How? And then sorting. One way among many to prioritize.3 replies 6 retweets 17 likes -
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Hint: the notion that reality is fundamentally continuous, and discretisation is an operation of "power", is itself profoundly ideological: it takes individuation as always and everywhere the forcible division of that which is naturally collective and coherent.
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If you want examples of reality not being continuous, what about atoms, electrons, photons, etc. Discrete entities are core to both physics and chemistry. (As are continuous qualities like position, temperature).
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