• alehc@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    It could, like we call the number two 10 in binary, or 1+1 or II or whatever. Numbers can have any symbol associated to it, but the abstract object they refer to is the same.

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      1 year ago

      The thoughts not about objects though it’s about the arbitrary distinction we’ve made, so I really don’t see why that matters here?