You get that, right Do you understand I'm talking about a completely commonsense, real-life problem here That there are plenty of situations where dogmatically saying 2+2 = 4 is a way for me to cheat you
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The ATTITUDE is important, even if the specific examples seem trivial Maybe some kid will never in their life have to learn to use binary or hexadecimal notation but the AWARENESS that the numbers we use are arbitrary is a VITAL HABIT OF THOUGHT
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plus its used to equivocate other, way more complex issues with a (seemingly) obvious fact of life.
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Shared undeserved is VERY IMPORTANT and it’s a good thing that I can have confidence that when I order two pizzas I get this many: 0 0
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And do you genuinely believe the concept of the number two is under serious threat
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