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* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1288270921673986048 Twitter] @ Facebook
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1288270921673986048 Twitter] @ Facebook
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File:Vampire Welcome Mat - The Mat is a Generalization.jpg|link=The Mat is a Generalization|''[[The Mat is a Generalization]]'' is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble [[Vampire Welcome Mat]]. Math critic and known fabulist [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] named [[Vampire Welcome Mat]] as his favorite performing mathematical ensemble of 2020, calling ''[[The Mat is a Generalization]]'' "an extraordinary and heart-felt tribute to the general semantics of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski]."
File:Vampire Welcome Mat - The Mat is a Generalization.jpg|link=The Mat is a Generalization|''[[The Mat is a Generalization]]'' is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble [[Vampire Welcome Mat]]. Math critic and known fabulist [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] named [[Vampire Welcome Mat]] as his favorite performing mathematical ensemble of 2020, calling ''[[The Mat is a Generalization]]'' "an extraordinary and heart-felt tribute to the general semantics of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski]."
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=== Non-Aristotelian juxtaposition ===
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Latest revision as of 20:46, 28 July 2020

Online diary of Karl Jones for Tuesday July 28, 2020.

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Are the children in cages dead yet?

Are the children in cages dead yet?

Are the children in cages dead yet?

The Mat is a Generalization

[Context: Does a welcome mat constitute an invitation enough to allow a vampire entrance to your home? User QC asserted: "The mat is a generalization. To my mind, vampires and anyone else must be invited personally and specifically.]

Copy that, GQ. I second the motion and declare it resolved:

"The mat is a generalization."

Will advise local and Transylvanian semiotics authorities.

Non-Aristotelian juxtaposition

An ounce of confusion is worth a pound of conflation.

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