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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 30 Sep 2017

    Phil. theory of aesthetic realism: Beauty (at lst some kinds) objectively exists. Counter-entropic patterns, capturable in simple equations?

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      1. James Slezak Except Scary  🎃‏ @jslez 30 Sep 2017
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        these are some very profound thoughts you've fit into 140 characters

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      1. francis  👻 bookuyama‏ @CarlyRaeJung 30 Sep 2017
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        68+1=nice

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      1. Michael P Gibson‏ @William_Blake 30 Sep 2017
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        @DavidDeutschOxf approaches this idea

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      2. Malthe Strandby N.‏ @Zmrzljevic 30 Sep 2017
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        Objective the same way colours are obj, as an object-aspect for a subject. Beaty for us dif. than beaty for octopi.

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      3.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 30 Sep 2017
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        Have you asked the octopi? You sound awfully sure of something that's a wild guess.

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      1. Seán O'Connor‏ @seanoconnor3000 30 Sep 2017
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        Please God this means the return of string art.pic.twitter.com/2FsGkGX3u9

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      1. Mike Yates‏ @mikeyates1 30 Sep 2017
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        Patterns which are capturable in equations exist. We tend to find some patterns more or less beautiful than others. Beauty is experiential.

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      1. Patrick Staples‏ @ctphoenix 30 Sep 2017
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        You might enjoy this paper with Scott Aaronson on Kolmogorov's measure of sophistication: https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/DCFS-Final.pdf …

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      1. Sabuj Chattopadhyay‏ @nihilistsupreme 30 Sep 2017
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        This will trigger the postmodernists.

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      1. Rotem Eren 🤦🏻‏ @RotemEren 30 Sep 2017
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        No need to get physical. Beauty is just symmetry salient to human data processing. The subjectivity is relative to species' innate interests

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      1. Marcos‏ @marcos_don 30 Sep 2017
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        Beauty is the brain's reward for efficient compression of new data. Hence its dependency on old data (former experiences).

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      1. Jarmo Houtsonen‏ @JHoutsonen 30 Sep 2017
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        Could be, but Art is more than beauty or aestheticism.

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      1. Philip Toman‏ @choratech 30 Sep 2017
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        Anselm and Aquinas seen nodding their heads

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      1. Jimmy‏ @uncleJim70 30 Sep 2017
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        Are you using a Deepak Chopra tweet generator?

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      1. Donald george‏ @Donaldg13575261 5 Oct 2017
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        Yes beauty objectively exists!! How can it not?pic.twitter.com/xnqj0rFW32

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      1. Mark Martens‏ @MarkMartens42 1 Oct 2017
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        @sapinker @mpigliucci Pattern Recognition; A new Model of Intelligence in the Footprint of Energy: Connecting small to large (Kindle).

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      1. R.U. Kittingme‏ @Jazzdog40 30 Sep 2017
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        ugly fits the definition equally well. read spinoza, sp

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      1. Mike Cameron‏ @Mcam8414 30 Sep 2017
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        Counter-entropic = deterministic. Of course they are capturable in simple equations. Maybe not reliable...but capturable.

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      1. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 30 Sep 2017
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        Phil. theory of communication: I haven't the slightest idea what the fuck you just said, lol

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