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To: VadeRetro
I'd guess one problem he's going to have is a tendency to not explain himself very well.

I think there's always been a camp that believes we think in verbal constructs and if it can't be clearly stated, it isn't cleary thought, and a camp that believes we think in imagery and if the imagery is complex it is difficult to translate into verbal constructs. I suspect the math is be more explanatory.

17 posted on 07/31/2003 7:44:36 AM PDT by Nebullis
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To: Nebullis
What I get about his math is that he doesn't like points in time, which seems to mean that he doesn't like calculus, which among other things gets you around the implied divide by zero in concepts like "instantaneous velocity," a ratio with a zero in the divisor. He seems to disallow such usages.

Which would mean that time isn't a dimension like the other dimensions, except that, since time won't reduce to exact points, neither do length, width, depth? At least, I think he's saying that.

23 posted on 07/31/2003 7:51:01 AM PDT by VadeRetro
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