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Math As Metaphor?

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Posted by Alan on July 31, 2003 11:25:59 UTC

Then what of math?

Is not "27" rather a big generalisation? How many layers of Zeno's Arrow -like self-referential layering to build "27" from assumed-equal-spaced units?

-dolphin

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