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		zmgsabst on May 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Combinatory Logic (2020) Computers compute — they’re a replacement for people doing arithmetic on paper forms. Fundamentally, there’s a mathematical representation of their computational system. Also, you admit that equations are driving the core of both systems I described: - algorithmic manipulation - SD images

DiscourseFan on May 15, 2023 [–]

>equations are driving the core of both systems I described

Everything in society uses symbolic representation, but is not driven by symbolic representation, but the people who create those representations.

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