A Guide for the Perplexed

Miscellaneous rants about how things work, or, *should* work. Great apologies to Maimonides for borrowing a similar title. I hope to follow his lead as a rationalist.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Number is different from Quantity
a short essay by Gregory Bateson, 1978.
Posted by dave at 2:36 PM
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