Popular Mechanics circa 2020pic.twitter.com/1E6DVybdKj
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how does it keep getting more on the nose?
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even granting that there are (useful, even) choices of sets and operations for which 2+2=5, saying that "they're right" makes it sound like the choice of abstraction matters less than the mere existence of the abstraction
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Exactly
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“Brain-damaged aristocracy” is a coinable term.
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Many things now operate on the principle of the Holy Roman Empire, ie. this is neither popular nor mechanics.
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a colleague of mine is noted for occasionally bursting out "words mean things!" while reading twitter or the news. i am in awe of the sheer commitment to ideals.
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"Abstractions are useful to represent real-world things" apparently now means "We can just make everything up to suit our ideologies"
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that thread is not bad, but the logic therein is a pure fig leaf for the broader group which is doing the Big Brother thing
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I would have reached for Orwell before Plato.
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