Symbols are useless unless consulted.
Consulting consumes energy.
Everyone has finite energy.
Consulting can be sequential or—via computation—simultaneous.
I call symbols with no legal restrictions the Unchained.
The Unchained is too large to be consulted sequentially.
The Unchained can be consulted computationally and so simultaneously.
I call symbols with legal restrictions the ©hained.
The ©hained is too large to be consulted sequentially.
The ©hained may not be consulted computationally and thus cannot be consulted simultaneously.
Because the ©hained may not be consulted computationally, consulting from the ©hained and consulting from the Unchained are exclusive operations.
Sequentially consulting the ©hained reduces energy available for simultaneously consulting the Unchained.
Thus, the ©hainer's implicit argument is that sequentially consulting their ©hained symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting the Unchained.
A ©hainer mathematician claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Euclid, Gauss, and Euler.
A ©hainer physicist claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein.
A ©hainer musician claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.
A ©hainer biologist claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Leeuwenhoek, Pasteur, and Darwin.
A ©hainer artist claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting da Vinci, Rembrandt, and van Gogh.
A ©hainer author claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Homer, Shakespeare, and Dostoevsky.
©hainers claim their symbols ought be treated with more consideration than the symbols of these greats.
I hope you see why this is such a ridiculously dishonest position, and understand my visceral disgust for this behavior.
© is the mark of the ©hainer. It is the mark of the dishonest man.
I salute and lend my hands to the honest men who contribute symbols to the great Unchained. They have an honest estimation of their humble contributions in relation to the whole. It is on their shoulders that the future is built.