The purpose is that despite the 2 in the saying being an abstract it was meant to be an example of another abstract concept (yeah I know you have trouble with those) of a universally true statement that deranged lunatics will still try to distort.
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Sorry. I approximated what he was saying. "Person saying something stupid" could actually be a stupid person
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No, his POINT is that they're not stupid, they're right
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Any statement, whether phrased in English words or in mathematical notation, is a statement a human being uttered for some reason, to try to *do* something The "truth" or "falsehood" of the statement depends on whether it succeeds in what it's trying to do
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(Pragmatic view of truth as opposed to correspondence view) The symbols 2, +, 5, = are all just tools to try to accomplish something The idea of being able to universally pronounce truth or falsehood from on high without context is an extremely shallow view of communication
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