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"A sufficiently large quantitative change is a qualitative change." I think this is pretty clear: making something by hand is very different from having a magi
by tree_of_item 15y ago
"A sufficiently large quantitative change is a qualitative change."
I think this is pretty clear: making something by hand is very different from having a magic button to do it for you. "You could have whittled it out of wood!" completely misses the point.
Unless you also think the creation of high level programming languages was not a qualitative change over the days of punch cards.
- sliverstorm 15y agoThe creation of high level programming languages is not analogous to easier gun making. It would be more analogous to easier gun making accelerating the pace of firearms development and resulting in firearms that are orders of magnitude more lethal.