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question:is-the-platonic-space-discrete-or-continuous-is-it-layered-into-some-sort-of-levels-or-typesIs [the Platonic space] discrete or continuous? Is it layered into some sort of levels or types?
Open foundational question about the structure of the latent space left for future theory.
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