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Tomoko | 3 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +6 
 I was reading Lao tzu last night. He said:

 the fundamentals of world cannot be described. If described, it is not it (my paraphrase).

good morning people :)
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[ARCHIVED] Jay | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 GM, great quote 😁
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David | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Dynamic vs static
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rooc | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 what is the point of those fundamentals if you cant describe them and probably use them?
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Tomoko | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Good question! 
the old man's saying,  it is not that I understand ha.

Still, we may still use it even when we don't understand it. 
Or possibly, it is not for the use.
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Eternal Student | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I take this to mean not that they can't be used but in the summarizing they lose some meaning.
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Tomoko | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I can use nostr without knowing the protocols at all such as.
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rooc | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 but it can be described
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Tomoko | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yes! I can describe nostr.

The guy is a riddle that I cannot solve 🧐
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Eternal Student | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes I agree, a description of a thing is not the thing itself. A hash, merkle tree, or summary must by definition lose some depth of the data.