I think @dmfay
did a great job summarizing the philosophical critique of this argument, in a much more eloquent way than I would have. Nicely done!
I'm here to contribute a thought - the idea of self-identification or being-ness of code reminds me of BDD testing syntax, eg it does_this_thing when this_other_thing_happens. "Being" your code might not necessarily happen effectively in the writing, but in the testing.
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I think @dmfay did a great job summarizing the philosophical critique of this argument, in a much more eloquent way than I would have. Nicely done!
I'm here to contribute a thought - the idea of self-identification or being-ness of code reminds me of BDD testing syntax, eg
it does_this_thing when this_other_thing_happens. "Being" your code might not necessarily happen effectively in the writing, but in the testing.