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Re: Quiz: what is wealth? (4.00 / 2)

What something is and what it is measured in (or to, or against) is two - or more ;-) - things.

Mathematically we know the measurement of the coast line of Britain depends entirely on the length of the measuring stick used to measure it. The smaller the measuring stick, the longer the coastline; as the measuring stick gets smaller the nearer the closer the measurement of the coastline approaches infinity. Yet, while the "length of the Coast Line of Britain" has more to do with the measuring device than the length of the coastline of Britain, we can approximate the length to a 'good enough' figure and let the numbers in the mantissa go hang themselves.
From physics we know the units of measurement of phenomena is arbitrary. As long as the 'essence' of distance/time is preserved the Force of Gravity can be measured in light-years/millennium or microns/femtominutes; we use meters/sec because it's convenient.

by ATinNM on Mon Aug 23rd, 2010 at 09:43:42 AM EST

Re: Quiz: what is wealth? (none / 1)

And back then to the philosophical distinction between a First Nation tribe's insistence on teaching their children "This is what we call gold", as opposed to our "This is gold". (The former not originally said in English)

"This is what we call a cubit".
"Get away?"

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Aug 23rd, 2010 at 10:01:57 AM EST
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<PN> (none / 0)

Light-years per millennium would be a speed, not a force.

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- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Aug 23rd, 2010 at 10:16:26 AM EST
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Re: <PN> (none / 1)

Check.

(I've been getting about 5 hours a night sleep for the past 6 weeks, or so, & my brain is fried. Time to AFC for a couple of days.)

by ATinNM on Mon Aug 23rd, 2010 at 10:22:50 AM EST
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