• CalipherJones@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I’m saying human systems and the ideas surrounding them can’t be quantified by a single graph.

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      4 days ago

      I didn’t say they could be. But graphs can be helpful in understanding certain aspects of those systems/ideas.

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        4 days ago

        I suppose my nitpick is that it simplifies things so much that it obfuscates what we’re actually discussing a lot of the time.

        It becomes an argument of this vs that instead of what do we have to do to achieve common shared goals.

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          I disagree, I think having a common frame of reference is useful in discussing opposing viewpoints.