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Re:People Staring at Computers by williamcotton on Friday October 21, 2022 @04:06PM (#33292480)
The term is "reification".
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Re:People Staring at Computers by ewzimm on Friday October 21, 2022 @08:48PM (#33294549)
Personification is a special case of reification, but it is the underlying issue. We reify signifiers based on memories.
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