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Science Banana
@literalbanana
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Nov 12, 2020
great piece on how facts are made by
@harmonylion1
ribbonfarm.com
Wittgenstein’s Revenge
We treat facts like they’re “atoms of truth” — small, indivisible, solid — and if you add them up, you get “big truths.” But like atoms, facts are mostly empty space, …
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Mike Elias 💡🔎
@harmonylion1
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Nov 13, 2020
Replying to
@literalbanana
Thank you! 😊 Your encouragement was one of the main reasons this baby got published in the first place.
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Science Banana
@literalbanana
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Nov 13, 2020
Replying to
@harmonylion1
I remember being really excited about it but then I forgot about it until yesterday!
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Mike Elias 💡🔎
@harmonylion1
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Nov 13, 2020
Replying to
@literalbanana
Well I’m really excited about that! Part 2 is here, part 3 is in Venkat’s inbox...
ribbonfarm.com
Epistemic Reserve Notes
The metaphor of learning-as-purchasing pervades language — “are you buyin’ this?” What is the currency of knowledge exchange? Perhaps it used to be ‘facts’ — but as explored in Wittgens…
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Venkatesh Rao
@vgr
Replying to
@harmonylion1
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@literalbanana
Not forgotten, will get to it anon 😄
6:55 PM · Nov 13, 2020
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Mike Elias 💡🔎
@harmonylion1
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Nov 13, 2020
Replying to
@vgr
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@literalbanana
I trust you! Hence the subtweet ;)
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