Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies

Re:Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies by wolverine876 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:53PM (#37679447)

Isn't that Wittgenstein? :)

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Re:Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies by chromoblob on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:10PM (#37680573)

Please make at least a vague reference, I haven't read him.

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Re:Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies by moritzwarhier on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:33PM (#37681648)

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world"

is a famous quote attributed to him afaik (maybe i mangled it a bit).

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Re:Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies by chromoblob on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:14PM (#37684755)

This is what happens when people have too much time for HN. It is a stretch to interpret my reply like that.

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Re:Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies by wolverine876 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @03:47AM (#37686570)

Wittgenstein was/is highly influential on set theory incuding, if I recall, something something a thing being a set of itself.

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Re:Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies by chromoblob on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:13PM (#37684751)

I just meant that you seemingly said nothing.

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Re:Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies by wolverine876 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @01:15AM (#37685489)

The last part was a joke; you got it, but you didn't get it. :)

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