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0 pointsFrustratedMonky1mo ago0 comments

What does it matter when something was realized versus its anthropomorphism?

Didn't some guy use a huge rock as a doorstop before someone realized it was gold and worth a lot.

It was gold before it was realized it was gold. What did it's discover matter? It didn't change what it was. The worth as 'gold' is totally superimposed by the humans.

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somewhatgoated1mo ago

There are a bunch of stories about people using valuable rocks as a doorstop, meteorites, gold, amber etc

darkwater1mo ago

It means that if you remove the meaning humans give to to, it's much easier to explain it as a coincidence, something that is produced naturally and it just happens to have the right property (for any value of property).

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