Digital BW, The Print

"Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...> writes:

> Every sensor you have only senses "some" quality.  Because you only have the
> data from that one sensor doesn't make that data abstract, it's still real.

There it is again.  "Abstract" doesn't mean "unreal" to me.  It seems
to mean that to you.  "Abstract" means "reduced", "simplified",
"filtered", with an implication of intelligent choices to make the
information more comprehensible (for certain purposes; intelligent
choice implies purpose). 
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