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> That aside the “unreasonable effectiveness” allusion to “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences” is clearly overwrought. Let’s
by urxvtcd 3y ago
> That aside the “unreasonable effectiveness” allusion to “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences” is clearly overwrought. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
It's a meme title, I've seen it a couple of times on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Unreasonable+Effectiveness https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Unreasonable+Effectiveness
Also see: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=stop+worrying+and+love&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- nativecoinc 3y agoYes, an allusion is indeed a kind of meme...
- urxvtcd 3y agoMy point was it was no allusion to the original at all. The format took a life of its own, and is now a meme, and the author himself confirms it was the case in the sibling comment. No need to pull that scary ellipsis out.