Dovina13 Mar 2006

Oh, now I see what you're saying in an achemist's way: "All numbers are junk. Only as a number represents a quantity of something or the nth something, is the number unique." And of course that's the post-Russell view. But I'm using the concept of "numbers as intrinsic entities" as a metaphor and also because they're cute little buggers. 183 even has personality, feminity and gall. I think you take as a position-paper something I intend to be about human nature. And admittedly, I've poured in some numerical mystique into this gold-making experament.