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Excellent. I'm glad to have a name for that thing I'm criticizing every time I see the word "isomorphism" in a humanities text.
by __MatrixMan__ 4y ago
Excellent. I'm glad to have a name for that thing I'm criticizing every time I see the word "isomorphism" in a humanities text.
- everybodyknows 4y agoHeh. Inflection point, exponential growth, evolve, ...
- dotsam 4y agoIt's status envy all the way down. "These chemicals crystallize into the same shapes, what should I call my exciting new observation? I know, I'll translate the concept into Ancient Greek, let's see. 'Isomorphism' hey? That sounds very respectable and grand - perfect!".
- mo_42 4y agoCould it be that such a term has a well-defined (as far as it's possible in the respective field) meaning in the humanities?
- __MatrixMan__ 4y agoBoth times it was like: we define it this way in this paper. I didn't get the feeling it was a general usage thing. The definitions given were plenty rigorous, it's just that there weren't any other morphisms lying around that the author needed to disambiguate between. "Equivalence" would've done just as well. I think the humanities are important, I just think it would be a better PR move to resist the urge to style them after anything else.
- jwestbury 4y agoCounterpoint: https://arstechnica.com/science/2011/09/why-my-fellow-physicists-think-they-know-everything-and-why-theyre-wrong/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2011/09/why-my-fellow-physic...