Re: The Demise of a Meme

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Sat Mar 24 2001 - 23:48:54 GMT

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    Hi Joe E. Dees -

    >I can't think of a single word that means the exact same thing to all
    >who use it.

    The tower of Babel in reverse....

    But....

    Ain't this where science hopes to create one meaning? And in mathematics
    it would seem that when one uses the word 'equals', that it means
    precisely what anyone else would mean precisely by it, for instance, in
    the phrase 'two plus two equals four'.

    Although, I'm sure there are some mathematicians out there willing and
    able to compromise my naiveté....

    - Wade

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