6. References to the symbol-object antinomies and associated ideas in Zen Buddhism and (less often) Taoism. See [has the X nature], [Discordianism], [zen], [ha ha only serious], [koan], [AI koans].
See also [filk], [retrocomputing], and the Portrait of J. Random Hacker in [Appendix B]. If you have an itchy feeling that all six of these traits are really aspects of one thing that is incredibly difficult to talk about exactly, you are (a) correct and (b) responding like a hacker. These traits are also recognizable (though in a less marked form) throughout [science-fiction fandom].
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