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Re:The map is not the territory (2015) by dangban on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:13AM (#19094491)
What are your thoughts on what he meant by "in all the Land there are no other relics..."?
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Re:The map is not the territory (2015) by JorgeGT on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @08:51AM (#19095020)
I interpret that after reaching peak absurdity, the reputation of the whole discipline was tarnished and its practice abandoned, even if (applied reasonably) it was really an useful discipline. I think there are many current examples of this.
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Re:The map is not the territory (2015) by dangban on Friday February 08, 2019 @12:40AM (#19111831)
Good interpretation. Upvoted.
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Re:The map is not the territory (2015) by Scarblac on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @08:17AM (#19094824)
After destroying the Empire-sized map they never made any other map again, I assume?
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