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Because whenever we read something we have to guess the meaning. To the human mind, all communications are inherently contextual and metaphorical. To put it ano
by erasemus 9y ago
Because whenever we read something we have to guess the meaning. To the human mind, all communications are inherently contextual and metaphorical. To put it another way each individual has his own internal private language into which everything he reads must be translated.
- emacsgifs 9y agoIt's as if we truly believe that 0 is positive charged and 1 is negative charged. Or to take us a step further, that a certain arrangements of electrons is "negative" and the inverse arrangement is "positive" I often tell CS people that everything in computing is metaphor and it honestly disturbs me that 80% of the time I get blank looks.
- sevensor 9y ago> I often tell CS people that everything in computing is metaphor and it honestly disturbs me that 80% of the time I get blank looks This is why people think Machine "Learning" means that the Singularity is near.