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Soup Vs Dumplings: a Metaphysical Meal
Or, what an absurd game can teach us about the shape(s) of thought
Some years ago, a friend of mine introduced our hivemind to a sort of word game or thought experiment. It works thusly: Every food item is either soup or dumpling. There are no other options. You are not allowed to say “neither” or introduce new categories. So each ‘player’ works through various examples of food…