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Re:I Should Have Loved Biology by Kim_Bruning on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @08:31PM (#40139045)
I think René Magritte might have been on to you back in 1929. ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images

(More seriously, Indirect Realism is actually several centuries old already, isn't it?)

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Re:I Should Have Loved Biology by mistermann on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:21PM (#40139363)
Very nice!

And yes, it is indeed very old...old and forgotten, even by those who have knowledge of it.

But it may even be worse: what is it in the first place?

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