this is beautiful - https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/the-purpose-of-absurdity/ … on compression, social cognition, signaling, and the usefulness of outlandish belief
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@sarahdoingthing This is of course why everyone should study Chinese history1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Scholars_Stage xunxi is great btw (think that was your recommendation?)pic.twitter.com/D2Nnkblkyi
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@sarahdoingthing yes, I think it was. Xunzi is probably my favorite work of the pre-imperial era. Certainly the most sophisticated.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
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@Scholars_Stage lol I promise I know the -zi suffix that was just a typo combined with excessive X salience
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