I was pleasantly surprised to see this elegant phrasing of a (Machian?) rationalist principle in popular culture:
“There’s an axiom in my business [i.e. law]: ‘A difference that makes no difference is no difference.’”
-- Joe Adama in the TV series Caprica
This is at least as old as Leibnitz.
Yes, I’m quoting it for its elegance and appearance in popular culture, not because it’s a new idea. See first sentence.
I was pleasantly surprised to see this elegant phrasing of a (Machian?) rationalist principle in popular culture:
-- Joe Adama in the TV series Caprica
This is at least as old as Leibnitz.
Yes, I’m quoting it for its elegance and appearance in popular culture, not because it’s a new idea. See first sentence.