@GabrielDuquette @sarahdoingthing "Symmetry" literally *means* "when you transform it in some way it stays the same".
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Replying to @St_Rev
@GabrielDuquette@sarahdoingthing wiki "Symmetry (from Greek συμμετρία symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement")"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GabrielDuquette@sarahdoingthing Let me rewrite that "The invariance of a shape under a certain set of motions" quote a few times, OK?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@GabrielDuquette@sarahdoingthing First, "invariance of X under a certain set of motions" is a long-winded way of saying "symmetry of X".1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@GabrielDuquette “The symmetry of a shape allows us to deduce that two or more measurements must be the same.”1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GabrielDuquette "The bilateral symmetry of your body tells us that your right arm is as long as your left arm."1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@GabrielDuquette "The rotational symmetry Earth means the distance to the center of the Earth is the same from every point on the surface."2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@mr_archenemy@GabrielDuquette The previous statement is inaccurate to EXACTLY the same degree Earth fails to be a sphere.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@mr_archenemy @GabrielDuquette They are in fact exactly the same statement, in very different words. That's my point.
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