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+---
+title: An Idiot's Guide to Lambda Calculus
+published: TBD
+---
+
+clarification: this is not a guide to lambda calculus for idiots, this is a guide to lambda calculus written by an idiot.
+
+imagine for a second you need to explain our numbering system without ***any*** background. any at all, think about that for a second.
+
+* you have no idea what the number symbols mean
+* you have no idea what plus minus or anything mean
+* you have no idea of anything
+
+and this isn't limited to just numbering, because almost anything we do on a computer is based around maths, imagine the same for pretty much literally anything.
+
+what you would need is....
+
+**is**...
+
+***is***...
+
+## a way to describe computability
+
+
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+---
+title: What Is Love?
+published: TBD
+---
+
+