The classic Plato vs Aristotle argument over absolutes and relative concepts. It is true that reality operates in analogue, Aristotelean, or process form. Yet, to not have definitions derived in absolutes would leave much of the academic disciplines in limbo. One could argue that biology is but a lower analogue of physics in a continuum of discipline we term "science," which in turn is but a continuum of discipline we term "philosophy" and so on.

Recently, the DSM-5 of the psychology/psychiatry attempted to redefine illness as a continuum, which then begs the question, what is disease and why are these people being paid to treat a continuum? The paradox of life is the necessity of both digital and analogue in comprehending a model of reality.