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date    = "2022-06-03T21:55:00+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-06-03T21:55:00+00:00"
tags    = [ "musings" ]
author  = "tdro"
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The Greeks were clever. The
[Pythagorean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism) "number line" idea
of knowledge: the
[monad](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(Greek_philosophy)>) (1),
[dyad](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyad_(Greek_philosophy)>) (2), triad
(3) --- is a sly way of grasping at complexity.

Humans think/reason by breaking complexity indefinitely into
twos/dyads/dichotomies/dualisms.

The bar for making useful/smart sounding observations is kinda low. Rule: Take a
complex thing, divide it into two parts, then as a bonus --- express those
divisions as a monad (everything is love/a force), and... repeat.
Triads/[Trialisms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trialism)/[Trinity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity)
and [higher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetractys) are undefined for obvious
reasons.

Not a philosopher {{< abbr btw "by the way" >}}.