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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@vgr A true name seems sort of like the number of an algorithm for Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem: it holds the whole essence. - 4 more replies
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@vgr love Le Guin & Earthsea have you read Rothfuss? 'The Name of the Wind' my favourite modern take on this timeless theme -
@dosima_org I've read only one...Dispossessed. Long ago. Need to work through the rest.
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@vgr@GordonBrianR you also have Platos notion of noumenon and phenomenon. -
@vgr@GordonBrianR much less known but closes the same loop some 2000 years later.pic.twitter.com/K0ukflg5Pj
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@vgr yes, but important to recall that a rose by any other name would smell as sweetThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr Somehow I love visual dictionaries (esp DK books). Knowing about the physical realm helps create useful metaphors.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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