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The article in which Scott compares John Henry's mining capacity to the Machine's (www.astralcodexten.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

The idea that formalist experimentation and deliberately pushing the boundaries of a medium are only one of several goals to which art can strive is apparently too sophisticated for Scott Adderall. He also takes a leap from "influential" to "meaningful", an elision so hackish it's trite.