Super discussion about negative numbers on the BBC
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You really are totally convinced that there's no other way of thinking
about
things than the one you happen to know, aren't you?. At least *try* to be
a
bit open-minded!
YIKES!!
THAT is the fallacy of leaping to conclusions.
No, what I am saying is that if one wishes to communicate with a
know-intelligent entity across _very dense_ barriers, one had better
damned-well stick with what is certain, and use what is already known.
I think you'd be better off looking at how babies are taught to understand
language rather than jumping straight into abstract mathematics.
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