I believe that was the point the article was attempting to get across. To my impression, OrphanWilde seems to be attempting to convey a concept he does not yet fully understand for which there have not yet been any formalizations and/or for which no words or accurate english/human-linguistic description exists.
My own interpretation tends towards a “feeling” of the following being an approximate description of this operation: “model the first element, model the second element, model the joining of these two elements, model the two elements as a whole of ‘firstandsecondelement’”
To me, this seems clearly nonequal to “first element” + “second element”, but I’d also agree that not mentioning this crucial distinction is confusing.
I believe that was the point the article was attempting to get across. To my impression, OrphanWilde seems to be attempting to convey a concept he does not yet fully understand for which there have not yet been any formalizations and/or for which no words or accurate english/human-linguistic description exists.
My own interpretation tends towards a “feeling” of the following being an approximate description of this operation: “model the first element, model the second element, model the joining of these two elements, model the two elements as a whole of ‘firstandsecondelement’”
To me, this seems clearly nonequal to “first element” + “second element”, but I’d also agree that not mentioning this crucial distinction is confusing.