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These sorts of hidden gems are why I like to read HN. This makes a lot of sense to me: "The difference between process and data is profound. Process is abstrac
by reidjs 5y ago
These sorts of hidden gems are why I like to read HN. This makes a lot of sense to me:
"The difference between process and data is profound. Process is abstract where data is tangible. Data is direct, where process is indirect. The difference between data and process is the difference between numbers and equations, between facts and principles, between events and forces, between knowledge and ideas."
- MarkLowenstein 5y agoI like to say that, just like matter can be regarded as frozen energy, data can be regarded as frozen actions. I would not be surprised if physicists eventually regarded both phenomena as isomorphic.