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by sgarland 614 days ago
I told my eight year old the “we taught sand how to think” joke, and he loved it, and also indulged me in a brief explanation.

It really is absolutely wild that it all works when you go to the absolute fundamentals and start working forward.

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The funny thing is that before that we taught light bulbs how to think(thermionic logic), and before that we taught magnets how to think(relay logic) and before that we taught levers how to think(gear logic)
It’s magic all the way down.