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I should also mention that english isnt my first language.
Anyway, what does "meta" mean? I hear it in metadata, metaphysics, /qa/ meta discussions, and i heard meta in some video games that ive played. I googled it and the explanation was shit, figured i might ask here

>> No.9396543

Nice science and math thread.

>> No.9396547

Saged, but holy hell that image lol

>> No.9396551

>>9396542
>metadiscussion: discussion about discussions
>metaphysics: the physics of physics
>metadata: data about data

Get it?

>> No.9396557

>>9396551
>metaphysics: the physics of physics
brainlet confirmed

>> No.9396558

>>9396551
>>9396557
itbegins.jpg

>> No.9396561

>>9396543
Meta is used extensively in science so yeah it is related
>>9396547
>saged
Cool, tell your friends about it
>>9396551
Finally an answer. Yeah i got it, its similar to implicity if im not mistaken? Anyway thanks

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>>9396561
>its similar to implicity if im not mistaken

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>>9396561
>its similar to implicity if im not mistaken

>> No.9396598

>>9396574
>>9396585
You retards are posting this cuz you cant prove me wrong. Stay virgins and math majors

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>>9396598

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>>9396561
>its similar to implicity if im not mistaken

>> No.9396610

>>9396574
>>9396585
>>9396601
>>9396607
>same fagging this hard
Well done virgin

>> No.9396615

>>9396598
>cuz you cant prove me wrong
"Hurr durr P=NP you can't prove me wrong haha I'm right faggots"
Nice arguing, brainlet

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>>9396610
>its similar to implicity if im not mistaken

>> No.9396649

>>9396542
Meta means "beyond" something

>> No.9396658

>>9396615
Thats cuz i am you're sore that you're probably a dumb math major who will end up as a hobo

>> No.9396659

>>9396649
Ding ding ding.

>> No.9396671

>>9396658
So much >Implying
So few evidence

You're a bad troll

>> No.9396675

>>9396649
Finally a REAL answer

>> No.9396682

>>9396542
this >>9396649
Often used in the sense of talking about the subject itself.

For example talking about a physics equation is not meta, whereas talking about scientific method would be more meta, talking about what constitutes an "observer" would delve into metaphysics.

>> No.9396696

>>9396649
Thats better, so when they say meta discussion, what do they mean?
>>9396671
Am i a bad troll? I seem to have generated an enormous amount of butthurt ITT

>> No.9396708

>>9396696
>so when they say meta discussion, what do they mean?
Instead of a discussion about the topic, you're having a discussion about discussion.
It's like pulling back a frame of reference or two.

>> No.9396716

now this is what I call meta

>> No.9396729

>>9396696
>I seem to have generated an enormous amount of butthurt ITT
What enormous amount of butthurt do you mean?
The only thing I am seeing is people making fun of (You) with brainlet memes and you namecalling everyone a virgin.
I don't see any butthurtness or great trolling in this.

>> No.9397907

>>9396542
in that context it means "a higher level"

>> No.9397919

>>9396542
if something is "meta" it's like a discussion of the thing itself, like a meta-discussion of /sci/ is talking about the board /sci/ itself, if a joke is meta, it is self-referential