[MD] WHY MoQ IS PARALYzED

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> If you meant "semiotic" why didn't you say so? Numbers aren't words.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Sure they are. Tell me a number that is not a word....
> 
> I mentioned semiosis because you apparently think that writing it "2+2=4"
> (mathematical notation) is somehow different from the words this sentence
> conveys (namely "two plus two equals four").
> 
> I mean, when you read this "2+2=4" in your head, don't you say the "words"? 

Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. But I'll bet their are plenty of mathematicians
who don't verbalize their equations. I agree with what Ham said about having
non-verbal concepts. 




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