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-One of the most bizarre premises of quantum theory, which has long fascinated philosophers and physicists alike, states that by the very act of watching, the observer affects the observed reality.<ref>Quantum Theory Demonstrated: Observation Affects Reality, ''{{plainlink|https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/02/980227055013.htm|ScienceDaily.com}}''</ref>}}
+“One of the most bizarre premises of quantum theory, which has long fascinated philosophers and physicists alike, states that by the very act of watching, the observer affects the observed reality.”<ref>Quantum Theory Demonstrated: Observation Affects Reality, ''{{plainlink|https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/02/980227055013.htm|ScienceDaily.com}}''</ref>}}
-SBF’s insightful<ref>Insightful in that they offer insight into the surprising limitations of this supposedly outstanding intellect.</ref> musings on the bard call to mind the difference between the [[data modernists]] and the rest of us: the difference between regarding “discourse” as a bilateral, interactive thing, and as ''[[symbol processing]]'': where a machine consumes a bunch of symbols and executes a series of preset commands, without ''learning'' anything and without ''changing'' the nature of the text.
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+“Shakespeare is known in our house as the gentleman who pays the rent.”<br>
+:—Judy Dench}}
+Shakespeare is quite “a piece of work”, as the bard put it.<ref>''Hamlet'', II, ii.</ref>
+SBF’s musings on  Shakespeare point up a  difference between “discourse” as a bilateral, interactive thing, and as ''[[symbol processing]]'': where a machine consumes a bunch of symbols and executes a series of preset commands, without ''learning'' anything and without ''changing'' the nature of the text. You might define “[[data modernism]]” as a philosophy which sees no such difference. Out of ignorance and not hostility.
+A good friend is writing a novel, struggling with that temptation all amateur novelists have to describe every surface, articulate every nuance, plant unequivocally every idea fully shaped into the reader’s head. He’s adopted the present continuous, a view perfect for the symbol processing machine, that allows no time for pause, or construction
 ====There is no machine for judging poetry====
 [[Symbol processing|The thing]] about “Shakespeare” — the body of work, not the dude — is it that isn’t just “executable code”, deposited in a  kind of Elizabethan GitHub and left there inviolate, for future generations to download and run.