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lpuckeri t1_j9u76o9 wrote

Reply to comment by Relevant_Monstrosity in Reality is an openness that we can never fully grasp. We need closures as a means of intervening in the world. | Post-postmodern philosopher and critic of realism Hilary Lawson explains closure theory. by IAI_Admin

I also program and have zero clue what you mean by closures are a very effective model for interactions with real-world systems'. Thats not what a closure is... Closures are a basic part of languages and scoping... hell i extensively use closures when writing basically anything. No idea how its a model... or effective at interactions eith real world systems... its just a matter of scoping and accessing outer variables.

What you said sounds like a deepity

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rtkaratekid t1_j9uaekw wrote

I thought it was a pretty funny joke till the last line haha

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lpuckeri t1_j9ux63t wrote

I program and i use javascript every day. Javascript is a great way to model real world interactions and i implement business logic with it. I even use it to map the underlying logic of reality onto an underlying visual and dynamic reality users perceive. So glad to see Javascript used to interpret the human experience. Lol

I love how this sub eats this crap up.

Make nonsense sound like a profound deepity and ule get upvotes

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Relevant_Monstrosity t1_j9uz5q2 wrote

/u/lpuckeri, I do think relating the idea of functional closures to JavaScript's implementation (which is the #1 closure application in the world) is brilliant. But mathematically, this idea is quite generic. Really, it's quite reactionary; this article we are writing about. I agree!

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