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michaelnielsen.bsky.social
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103 days ago
What an opening (from Lynn White's book on medieval technology and social change)
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neurostats.org
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102 days ago
I always enjoy finding people who are very mindful of the principle that 'What we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning'
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benjaminreinhardt.com
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102 days ago
A thing to flag is that while I'm super sympathetic to White's conclusions, there's a lot of debate about them in historical circles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stirrup_Controversy
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thomhills.bsky.social
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102 days ago
Fascinating. Just read some of Chapter 1. Mesmerizing stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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