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ravi-delia
on April 28, 2022
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It took me 10 years to understand entropy
I'm still mad about top and bottom when truth and beauty were
right there
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lvncelot
on April 28, 2022
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If I'm not mistaken, the "official" names are just "t" and "b", so top and bottom, just like truth and beauty, are more mnemonics. So referring to them as truth and beauty would be just as correct.
jleyank
on April 28, 2022
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Thought one was their names and the other their attributes?
lvncelot
on April 29, 2022
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Seems like you're right and I misremembered.
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