“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name” (Confucius); “magic consists in this, the true naming of a thing.” (LeGuin)
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love Le Guin & Earthsea
have you read Rothfuss?
'The Name of the Wind'
my favourite modern take
on this timeless theme
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I've read only one...Dispossessed. Long ago. Need to work through the rest.
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OTOH: Feynman: "there is a diff between knowing a thing and knowing the name of a thing." But maybe "true name" computation is NP-hard
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yes, but important to recall that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
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