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Re:How to Do Philosophy by pmetzger on Saturday September 22, 2007 @04:09PM (#58381)
I've done a bit of research -- the Pike incident involved Baudrillard, not Derrida.
Re:How to Do Philosophy by kcl on Saturday September 22, 2007 @07:10PM (#58410)
All that proves is that Baudrillard's message is invariant under Markov chains. I'd like see a mathematician produce an argument of such fine structure.
Re:How to Do Philosophy by jey on Sunday September 23, 2007 @12:09AM (#58465)
In other words, contains 0 bits of information?
Re:How to Do Philosophy by sketerpot on Friday November 02, 2007 @03:57AM (#75381)
Pike's comment at the beginning of the Markovified text is brilliant:

> For those unfamiliar with M. Baudrillard's work, the thesis of the essay is, in a nutshell, that reality is indistinguishable from good simulation.