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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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