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In these respects, what we understand of sets (although I do not believe set theory equates the set to "1" in itself) is in fact a duality conducive to two. All I'm saying is that a set is regarded as a single entity; yet it is identical to a collection of many entities. In that sense a s...

While set theory may not equate to each set fundamentally being 1, a set can be observed as a "unit" implied as "1" in itself. So while a set may equal "x", it simultaneously must always equal "1" as (1,x). In these respects a set observes a dual role of unit...

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:16 am


Name is familiar, but I have not read him.

He's one of the original semioticians and he was into "triadic sign relations," which I confess go right over my head but would be of interest to those of more philosophical inclination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:34 pm From an academic standpoint much of the writing I am working on is observing space as a having a trifold nature of Ethereal Unity, Apeironic Multiplicity, and Synthetic Neutral Dimensionality.

Are you into Peirce by any chance?

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A second is one 86,400th of a period of a day. Methinks. That was back in the old days. These days, The second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom. So if you want to kno...

Here's Megan McArdle at Bloomberg then. She's making the point that the tax bill will increase the national debt. I agree with her about that. The tax bill may well be a long term disaster. That is a different question than whether it helps or hurts most Americans in the short term. Over the next f...

This is the article that inspired this thread: https://www.axios.com/schumer-trump-is-scrooge-to-the-poor-2519776830.html PhilX 🇺🇸 Well yeah, Chuck Schumer. The link I posted seemed more nuanced and evenhanded. 80% of Americans will get a tax cut. What's the problem? There's a midterm coming up in ...

No, the market value of a house is what buyers consider its intrinsic value. You just made that up. It's wrong. The intrinsic value is shelter. The market value is what someone will pay for your house today. You don't seem to understand that everything doesn't have intrinsic value. Of course I unde...

Please, intrinsic value is actual value, not legal value like a patent, copyright, stocks, bonds or currency. Can't you understand that? You changed the subject. Sure, intrinsic value is a thing. But "intrinsic market value" is NOT a thing, because intrinsic value and market value are two...

The concept of intrinsic market value is value apart from its legal status. An automobile has intrinsic market value, but a 100 dollar bill does not. They both, however, have market value. Those two sentences contradict each other. Intrinsic value and market value are two distinct things. You seem ...

A dollar bill has legal value, but its intrinsic value is limited to just paper and ink . So you agree with my point that intrinsic value and market value are two different things. And that therefore "intrinsic market value" makes no sense. The intrinsic value of a house is that it provid...

As I have said repeatedly, the only proper form of taxation is a single tax on property, property being defined as anything with intrinsic market value. What an interesting thought. The problem of determining intrinsic market value is first, very difficult; and second, a contradiction. The intrinsi...

The nonpartisan liberals at the Tax Policy Center concede that 80 percent of Americans will see a tax cut in 2018, and that the average cut will be $2,140—which might be something to scoff at in D.C., but I imagine a bunch of voters surprised by these savings will be less cynical. Only 4.8 percent ...

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This has great uses in the real world.

We just have to go out and find what these uses are.

OP's point would be that n drops of water added together is one big drop of water. The ocean is one big drop of water if you think of it that way.