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Unconverted links
In case you’ve missed them, there are a few instances of unconverted links like [itcote] and [teggplant] through the text.
Tautology alert?
“nebulosity is pervasive. … nothing is ever definitely this-or-that.”
“Facts about eggplants are inescapably indefinite, due to nebulosity.”
This looks like a tautology to me… nebulosity arises from indefiniteness and vice versa…
Mathematics and fundamental physics
I would really love some explanation why mathematics and fundamental physics are singled out, but that may be better suited to another part of the book.
At this moment I guess it’s because mathematics is a meta activity for formally manipulating patterns, which doesn’t deal with actually finding and defining patterns in the real world and separating them from nebulosity; and fundamental physics to the best of our current knowledge is stripped of all context and due to its scale is so granular that it doesn’t have nebulosity?
Excellent...
Excellent overview, and thanks for defining these terms.
I hope “The Eggplant” gets printed in paperback, because I have a feeling it’s going to be a book I want to keep on my shelf.