Tweet the Heap: Of Sorites

The Sorites Paradox seems underappreciated:

— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) April 16, 2014

Sorites, paradox&also fallacy of the heap: removal of just which grain renders a heap non-heap? Deduction tolerates how loose a stipulation?

— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) April 16, 2014

Neoliberal economists who pretend macro reduces to micro need sorites therapy.

— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) April 16, 2014

AI boosters who expect Moore's Law to spit out Mind need sorites therapy.

— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) April 16, 2014

Anarchists who hope local interventions make the Revolution need sorites therapy.

— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) April 16, 2014

Paradoxical that sorites derives from soros (Heap) and that conspiracy theories about George Soros often suggest the fallacy.

— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) April 16, 2014