Comments on: Found Functions http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5209 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: neuroblast http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5209/comment-page-1#comment-14281 neuroblast Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:54:22 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5209#comment-14281 but alas the snark was a boojum. Are we talkin numeric onomatopoeia? Let x=x or murmur? Manor or grammar? but alas the snark was a boojum. Are we talkin numeric onomatopoeia? Let x=x or murmur? Manor or grammar?

]]> By: Tim http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5209/comment-page-1#comment-9027 Tim Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:33:56 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5209#comment-9027 I had a thought about something like this a while ago. When we talk about things having "a mathematical structure," we mean something like this -- that its shape or motion or permutations can be described with a comparatively simple mathematical formula. The simplicity is the key -- because it's so simple to describe, the formula appears to NAME what's happened in some weird sense. I had a thought about something like this a while ago. When we talk about things having “a mathematical structure,” we mean something like this — that its shape or motion or permutations can be described with a comparatively simple mathematical formula.

The simplicity is the key — because it’s so simple to describe, the formula appears to NAME what’s happened in some weird sense.

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