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Alistair Young

Alistair Young

Jun 7, 2022

(Inspired by the Inevitable Certainty Engine, of course.)

“So your Incomparable Excellence Engine is better than –
is like –
is something similar to –

…okay, what the cryptoontological fuck?“

ontotechnology, Inevitable Certainty Engine, Incomparable Excellence Engine
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