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we should very much not try to conform our taxonomy to our existing terms I see this stunting imagination everywhere. Economics, science, nature, etc. Humans g
by staplers 3y ago
we should very much not try to conform our taxonomy to our existing terms
I see this stunting imagination everywhere. Economics, science, nature, etc. Humans generally feel they've "captured" knowledge with a brief overview and disdain any messiness that might allow that knowledge "to escape".
- patcon 3y agoSome humans are curious to be exploratory of knowledge that "escapes" these classifications, as you say :) this is, in some definition, the criteria of an artist of sorts. Maybe artistic minds are just scientists of another cloth, investigating the features of linguistic creatures that escape the boundaries that other (more "particular") types of minds create and impose
- beowulfey 3y agoThis is maybe the most beautiful description linking the arts and sciences that I've ever read. A good scientist is one who extends the envelope of our external knowledge; a good artist is one who pushes the boundaries of our inner qualia and interpretations