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why do people argue about "is [thing] created or discovered?"?

where [thing] = math, art, ideas, etc

it seems less useful then even other philosophy questions, doesnt really impact anyones work, and also carries some false assumptions (creation and discovery as mutually exclusive activities)

i have ventured out into the wilds of the fediverse, and have concluded that in order to fit in i must either learn german or become trans, possibly both

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@amir its simple: we put the trees in the rocket ships

alright, schelling.pt has existed for a bit, so i figure some of yall have to have figured out some good posters outside of it (and extropian.net)

who are they?

RT @DavidSHolz
The Cistercian numeral system; an ancient alternative to Arabic and Roman numerals where a single glyph could represent any number from 1 to 9999.

RT @afabricbeneath
no words, just flowers blossoming in a divine manner

@jdp if neither the left not the right wing can criticize the government it means that there is free speech, right? 🤡

@jdp

"Nor do they violate the First Amendment, as long as they are applied neutrally to all, regardless of viewpoint or ideology."

im sorry what the fuck

im having difficulty wrapping my head around how you can be so wrong about what free speech even is

RT @CurlOfGradient
I wholeheartedly reject the corrosive ingroup/outgroup mentality! We should use goodgroup/badgroup instead. This more clearly highlights that my group is not good simply by virtue of being the one I'm in, but that it is good in a more objective sense.

RT @selentelechia
some maybe useful questions:
-what would you consider evidence that things are getting better in the world?
-what sorts of events might act as a "trigger" for you to take actions in the direction of optionality, play, relaxation, fearlessness?

RT @LucianGregory1
@RealSaintClare @acc_vector @Uberwachsen

-artists are allowed to be much hornier than everyone else

nudes are good, but only as Art, apparently

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-there is far more art than anyone will ever be able to look at in their lifetime

like, a lot more

memento mori i guess

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