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[Frank Wimberly]

 >I am feeling intellectually lonely

Maybe we should form a new group to read about homotopy theory.   Our last
reading group ended with Hywel's death so the prospect causes me a little
anxiety.

Frank
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On Sat, May 21, 2022, 8:44 PM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> "But, I feel like Jon's signaled that this horse has been well pummeled."
>
> I apologize if that is what I am signaling, I'm in a weird headspace.
> Sometimes I value individuals for being no different than the role they
> play in some kind of para-agreed-upon denotational semantics, other times I
> am thankful that we are operational beings responding to the universe with
> our every fiber. I imagine needing something like cohomology to measure the
> degree to which some Java-like interface succeeds or fails to match its
> underlying algebra of behaviors.
>
> The degree to which I can rely on Sarah to surprise me with potato chips
> from the store, or some other satisfactory value from our shared model of
> shopping, makes me appreciate agreement. She seems to feel similarly when I
> intuit that it is useful to hold the board while she drills.
>
> On my go server, I treat and get treated by others as rank. I get tilted
> when the difference between my stated rank and my opponents is not
> predictive of the quality of our games. This annoyance seems to generalize
> well, abuses of notation and sleights-of-hand are examples of profiteering
> from the cohomology.
>
> Sometimes perspective appears to be little more than varying the degree of
> crispness about objects while paraconsistently stitching together
> propositions. Of course, this isn't a damning judgment because it is clear
> that such an approach is indispensable for rapidly mocking up just-in-time
> narratives, and handwaving refactorizations of any and all underlying
> implementations, and all at breakneck speed. It is all kind of impressive.
>
> Anyway, please don't feel you need to stop a conversation you are
> enjoying. I am just a bit jealous because I am feeling intellectually
> lonely while others seem to be having so much fun.
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