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    Weird

    EssentialismTimothy Morton

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    irony, a sense of the concreteSimone de Beauvoir

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    1. E+MP 2. ~E+MP

    3. ~E MP4. E MP

    E = essentialism; MP = metaphysics of presence

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    Mbius Strip

    Non-orientable surface

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    I examine the word with a close-up lens. Iexamine it at close range: it has its own wayof being granulated, ruffled, wrinkled,gnarled, iridescent, sticky. I try to respectits variations in elevation, its sheen, its

    seeds, and like an artisan I offer them sothat they may be touched and eaten. The wordmust comfort the body. I cannot hurry. I willnot rush the word. I want to lose no part of

    it. The word has its own organic life and toconserve that life is of the utmostimportance. Chantal Chawaf

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    1. E+MPNatureEliminative materialism

    2. ~E+MP

    3. ~E MP4. E MP

    E = essentialism; MP = metaphysics of presence

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    1. E+MP 2. ~E+MPCorrelationism

    New materialisms

    3. ~E MP4. E MP

    E = essentialism; MP = metaphysics of presence

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    $ a

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    1. E+MP 2. ~E+MPCorrelationism

    New materialisms

    3. ~E MP4. E MP

    E = essentialism; MP = metaphysics of presence

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    1. E+MP 2. ~E+MP

    3. ~E MPDeconstruction

    4. E MP

    E = essentialism; MP = metaphysics of presence

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    1. E+MP 2. ~E+MP

    3. ~E MP4. E MPWeird essentialism

    E = essentialism; MP = metaphysics of presence

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    Past

    Future

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    What constitutes pretense is that, in

    the end, you dont know whether itspretense or not. Jacques Lacan

    This sentence is false

    This is not a sentence

    This sentence is false is not a sentence Alfred Tarski

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    Aaron D. O

    Connell et al.,

    Quantum Ground State and Single PhononControl of a Mechanical Ground Resonator,

    Nature 464 (March 17, 2010), 697 703

    we have created a single quantum excitation in amacroscopic mechanical objectthe systems quantumcoherence is sufficient to allow us to transfer thisexcitation multiple times between the qubit and themechanical resonator. In this process, the system exists attimes in an entangled qubit resonator quantum state. (700)

    Coherence

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    Aaron D. O

    Connell et al.,

    Quantum Ground State and Single PhononControl of a Mechanical Ground Resonator,

    Nature 464 (March 17, 2010), 697 703

    Pulse sequence to generate coherent phonon states. With thequbit at its resting frequency, an on-resonance Gaussian pulseof fixed duration (5.0 ns) and variable amplitude is applied tothe resonator. The qubit is then tuned to = 0 and left for aninteraction time ; the qubit excited-state probability, P e , isthen evaluated. b, Measured P e as a function of pulse amplitudeand interaction time, . (702)

    Coherence

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    Coherence

    Aaron D. O

    Connell et al.,

    Quantum Ground State and Single PhononControl of a Mechanical Ground Resonator,

    Nature 464 (March 17, 2010), 697 703

    Qubit excited-state probability, P e , as a function of interactiontime, , and detuning, , showing state transfer between the qubit

    and the resonator, in which a qubit excitation is exchanged with aphonon in the mechanical resonator The red dash dot line is atthe resonator frequency, f r . (701)

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    irony, a sense of the concreteSimone de Beauvoir

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