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2026-08-02 15:49 UTC
@bemmesr@mathstodon.xyz indeed. I don't think I've seen anyone confront him directly with it, or if I have I've forgotten, so it'd be interesting to see what he says. I think when I found these references originally I was also trying to find a second source, but didn't find anything good, and then he stopped replying in that thread before I thought to return to the search.
It's a constant balancing act what parts of his framework you challenge and what parts you accept for the sake of moving the discussion on...
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@bemmesr@mathstodon.xyz 2026-08-02 16:41
@FishFace@ioc.exchange indeed! It's a good exercise in debate. Just when you've cut off one head another appears elsewhere... Though I suppose a better debater would know how to manage those heads and to force their interlocutor to acknowledge the dead ones, or perhaps would refuse to engage with diversions at all.