So, uh, anybody got any math questions? Because I might actually be able to answer one of THOSE.
@InstantOfTime They're just names. So: What is the difference between Alice and Betty? Depends on which Alice and Betty you mean.
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@St_Rev Statistically there might be some recurring themes in Alices and Betties -
@InstantOfTime Yeah but that's no longer a *math* question. -
@St_Rev Maybe there is a pattern, in math, in what we name x and what we name y, but yes it's not really about math.
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@St_Rev@InstantOfTime except if you name them Alice and Betty then rotating them 90° renames Alice "Betty" and Betty "Alice" -
@St_Rev@InstantOfTime i.o.w. choose name you like but once you've chosen them you're committed to using them consistently -
@St_Rev@InstantOfTime the intuition we get that there must be some sort of "meaning" underlying the names is mostly an effect of this rule
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