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   The Starmaker to ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com   
   Re: "The Fundamental Joke of Logic" (5/5   
   21 Nov 25 22:06:23   
   
   [continued from previous message]   
      
   Logic convergence: In formal logic or computer science, convergence   
   usually refers to limits or fixed points (e.g., in recursive   
   definitions or proof systems). Outside those narrow contexts, it's   
   meaningless jargon here.   
   Continuum convergence: Sounds like it's gesturing toward real analysis   
   (the continuum = real numbers) or maybe physics (spacetime continuum),   
   but "convergence" on a continuum is either trivial (limits exist) or   
   nonsensical.   
   Geometric foundation: Probably meant to evoke "geometric foundations   
   of logic" or "foundations of geometry," but it's just tacked on as the   
   third item in a list that has no internal coherence.   
      
      
   Taken together, the sentence is a classic example of deepity (a term   
   Dan Dennett uses for statements that sound deep but are actually   
   trivial or incoherent when examined). It strings together   
   high-abstraction technical terms from logic, mathematics, and   
   philosophy without establishing any actual relationship between them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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