# Binary Processes Require and Produce Non-Binary Distinctions

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**Created:** [September 10, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/binary-processes-require-and-produce-non-binary-distinctions/86192 "2026-09-10T01:34:47Z")
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#### Post date: [September 13, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/binary-processes-require-and-produce-non-binary-distinctions/86192/33 "2026-09-13T07:38:36Z")

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It’s ¬ absence. It’s difference. There’s a difference (¬ absence).

¬ should (does) ¬ always mean the same thing in logic/math…language. Using one symbol for all senses of ¬ is equivocation—why do the different (¬ lack of) senses get lumped into one word/symbol?

#petpeeve

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