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Is hydrogen a social construct? Is pi a social construct? Is the sun a social construct? I'm not completely sure about the answer to those questions, but the
by gamepsys 3y ago
Is hydrogen a social construct? Is pi a social construct? Is the sun a social construct?
I'm not completely sure about the answer to those questions, but they all derive meaning in a different way than money does. I think calling money a social construct just highlights that as far as mutually agreed upon meaning being focused on an abstract concept goes, money is pretty high on the list of having lots of meaning and being very abstract.
- boringuser2 3y agoYes, they are. Even something as minute as considering a collection of atoms an "element", i.e. organizing things into discrete clusters, is a social construct. The human brain has a CPU limit so it has to cluster things to interact meaningfully with material reality. Glimpsing beyond this is nearly impossible because it goes outside the bounds of our abilities, but you can scrape at it if you abstract it enough like I'm doing here.
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- quickthrower2 3y agoI agree. I mean why else is someone doing a load of work for me just because I tapped a bit of plastic on a device?