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What is the meaning of the word 'Compact' in the title here?

• math_dandy 3y ago
  An agreement, basically. https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Compact https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Compact
  • joe__f 3y ago
    Oh huh, I never saw it used like that before
    • passion__desire 3y ago
      Wasn't wittgenstein right? Words gets meaning through their usage and context.
• passion__desire 3y ago
  One metaphor that I have seen ubiquitous in Nature is Consensus Reality. Fiat currency, quantum systems agreeing on each other's value, social contract, etc. It's everywhere and now social concept of proof. Here is Daniel Dennett talking it. https://youtu.be/32u12zjgJww https://youtu.be/32u12zjgJww I like the no miracles argument in favour of science. If our scientific theories don't track reality, how are they successful in prediction the future. Similarly the social aspect of mathematical proofs can be replaced with requirements like being in congruence with established facts (i.e explanatory power), predictive power, and efficient representation (i.e. elegant compression) which means faster programs / less computational steps required.