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		tome on April 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Foucault’s lecture notes from 1970–71 demolish car... With due reverence to his genius, surely Shannon is not of the same class as Wittgenstein?

yarrel on April 23, 2015 [–]

You're right, Wittgenstein is distinctly second-rate in comparison to Shannon.

tome on April 23, 2015 | [–]

A comment perfectly in keeping with the edginess of this entire comment page :)

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