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Why not make all the integers square blocks? Then everything fits together. It seems strange what's going on with the odd numbers. Especially adding something t

Why not make all the integers square blocks? Then everything fits together. It seems strange what's going on with the odd numbers. Especially adding something to 9 is even stranger. Seems arbitrary rather then instinctive.

ryanklee 5y ago
You seem to be carrying the impression that this is deliberately constructed -- it's not, this is just part of the author's intuitive representational system. He's not "making it" one way or the other. It's made; he's perceiving it.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  I literally asked if it was a condition or if it was deliberately constructed. If I asked that question, how am I implying it was deliberate? Did you read my post?
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  - ryanklee 5y ago
    You did not ask that. You asked if it was learned or related to synesthesia. Learned behavior are not necessarily deliberately constructed.
    - deltaonefour 5y ago
      I used learned behavior as a synonym to deliberate construction in the sense that we construct things from what we learn. But let's say you're right. If that's the case, then you're entire response is off base. You claim I am implying it's "Deliberately constructed." How could I imply something was "Deliberately constructed" if I asked it was "learned" or "related to synesthesia." Neither of those options involve "deliberate construction."
kderbyma 5y ago
not necessarily. only if you think in terms of cou ting does your sense make priority. if I were to think in terms of multiplication - circles are more useful for a lot things.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  Circles cannot compose under addition or multiplication. You can combine two blocks to form a new block. You can combine two integers to form a new integer. You cannot compose two circles to form a new circle. Composition can either be multiplication or addition. In short integers are monoidal under both multiplication and addition, circles are not as you can't physically combine circles to form a new circle without mutating the shape of the circle itself. This means circles are a bad shape compared with blocks to use for addition and multiplication.
mynameisvlad 5y ago
This is like telling an anxious person "not to worry" or a depressed person to "cheer up". Yes, it would be grand if our minds worked in a rational, logical fashion. But that's not even remotely representative of reality.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  Er. Why don't you read my post again. I don't understand how you derived all that from what I wrote. I literally said this method was inefficient and asked how about whether it's a condition or he learned it.
  - mynameisvlad 5y ago
    As another commenter pointed out, you literally did not. In fact, you went so far as to imply that it's constructed and not synesthesia. As the same commenter pointed out, if multiple people have interpreted your comment in a particular way, regardless of your intentions, then it's maybe time to step back and re-evaluate.
    - deltaonefour 5y ago
      >In fact, you went so far as to imply that it's constructed and not synesthesia. No that implication is your and the other commenters imagination. READ my comment again. > As the same commenter pointed out, if multiple people have interpreted your comment in a particular way, regardless of your intentions, then it's maybe time to step back and re-evaluate. So serious. If multiple commenters interpreted my intention wrong then that's my bad wording is off. I mean it's not a huge deal. If I correct my mistake, and I inform you of my true intention, What then is the big deal? Your telling me to take a step back and re-evaluate as if problems with my wording violated criminal law? I clarified my intent all you need to do is address it. IN addition to this, there is the factor of actual grammatical English language interpretation vs. popular interpretation. There is something to say that the English definition and intent of my sentence holds equal ground to a popular misinterpretation.
simion314 5y ago
I don't have a visual representation for numbers, but numbers with a 9 at then end like say 29 in my mind is always transformed in to 30-1 , so instinctively (nobody teaches me this) computations like 29 + 15 = (30 -1) + 15 = 30 +15 -1 =45-1. This makes it more easy for multiplications 2915= 3015 - 15 . I could apply this for numbers ending with 7 or 8 but it does not fill natural for me as 9.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  Oh that's a symbolic reflex. totally normal, I have shortcuts in my brain like that too. But the Article describes a visual entity... a block with a dent (the number 9) then the dent orange peeling another number until it's smaller.
renewiltord 5y ago
It would be even better if he visualized the universe as a quantum superposition of states that collapses to a single answer when supplied a problem. That way he could solve things which NFAs can!
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  No why doesn't he just visualize everything as blocks like he does with even numbers. Why throw a dent in the number 9 and make it act like a can opener? I'm not being pretentious here. Literally his model looks like some over engineered contraption.
  - renewiltord 5y ago
    I suspect he’s describing how it is, not claiming that it provides any utility. It’s just someone sharing some aspect of their experience with the universe, not someone prescribing a technique. I can see how you concluded the latter, since this site frequently have posts with this style of title where the upshot is an implied “and why you should too”. This time, though? This time it’s just someone’s blog where they’re telling you how it is for them. As far as I can tell, they didn’t share it on here and they’re not proselytizing the experience. It just is.
    - deltaonefour 5y ago
      Read my first post. It asks the question whether he deliberately does this or whether it's a condition.
      - ryanklee 5y ago
        Seems like enough people have the same confusion that it might be a worthwhile exercise to evaluate whether you are effectively communicating what you believe yourself to be.
        deltaonefour 5y ago

ryanklee 5y ago

You seem to be carrying the impression that this is deliberately constructed -- it's not, this is just part of the author's intuitive representational system. He's not "making it" one way or the other. It's made; he's perceiving it.

deltaonefour 5y ago
I literally asked if it was a condition or if it was deliberately constructed. If I asked that question, how am I implying it was deliberate? Did you read my post?
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- ryanklee 5y ago
  You did not ask that. You asked if it was learned or related to synesthesia. Learned behavior are not necessarily deliberately constructed.
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    I used learned behavior as a synonym to deliberate construction in the sense that we construct things from what we learn. But let's say you're right. If that's the case, then you're entire response is off base. You claim I am implying it's "Deliberately constructed." How could I imply something was "Deliberately constructed" if I asked it was "learned" or "related to synesthesia." Neither of those options involve "deliberate construction."

kderbyma 5y ago

not necessarily. only if you think in terms of cou ting does your sense make priority. if I were to think in terms of multiplication - circles are more useful for a lot things.

deltaonefour 5y ago
Circles cannot compose under addition or multiplication. You can combine two blocks to form a new block. You can combine two integers to form a new integer. You cannot compose two circles to form a new circle. Composition can either be multiplication or addition. In short integers are monoidal under both multiplication and addition, circles are not as you can't physically combine circles to form a new circle without mutating the shape of the circle itself. This means circles are a bad shape compared with blocks to use for addition and multiplication.

mynameisvlad 5y ago

This is like telling an anxious person "not to worry" or a depressed person to "cheer up". Yes, it would be grand if our minds worked in a rational, logical fashion. But that's not even remotely representative of reality.

deltaonefour 5y ago
Er. Why don't you read my post again. I don't understand how you derived all that from what I wrote. I literally said this method was inefficient and asked how about whether it's a condition or he learned it.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  As another commenter pointed out, you literally did not. In fact, you went so far as to imply that it's constructed and not synesthesia. As the same commenter pointed out, if multiple people have interpreted your comment in a particular way, regardless of your intentions, then it's maybe time to step back and re-evaluate.
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    >In fact, you went so far as to imply that it's constructed and not synesthesia. No that implication is your and the other commenters imagination. READ my comment again. > As the same commenter pointed out, if multiple people have interpreted your comment in a particular way, regardless of your intentions, then it's maybe time to step back and re-evaluate. So serious. If multiple commenters interpreted my intention wrong then that's my bad wording is off. I mean it's not a huge deal. If I correct my mistake, and I inform you of my true intention, What then is the big deal? Your telling me to take a step back and re-evaluate as if problems with my wording violated criminal law? I clarified my intent all you need to do is address it. IN addition to this, there is the factor of actual grammatical English language interpretation vs. popular interpretation. There is something to say that the English definition and intent of my sentence holds equal ground to a popular misinterpretation.

simion314 5y ago

I don't have a visual representation for numbers, but numbers with a 9 at then end like say 29 in my mind is always transformed in to 30-1 , so instinctively (nobody teaches me this) computations like 29 + 15 = (30 -1) + 15 = 30 +15 -1 =45-1. This makes it more easy for multiplications 2915= 3015 - 15 . I could apply this for numbers ending with 7 or 8 but it does not fill natural for me as 9.

deltaonefour 5y ago
Oh that's a symbolic reflex. totally normal, I have shortcuts in my brain like that too. But the Article describes a visual entity... a block with a dent (the number 9) then the dent orange peeling another number until it's smaller.

renewiltord 5y ago

It would be even better if he visualized the universe as a quantum superposition of states that collapses to a single answer when supplied a problem. That way he could solve things which NFAs can!

deltaonefour 5y ago
No why doesn't he just visualize everything as blocks like he does with even numbers. Why throw a dent in the number 9 and make it act like a can opener? I'm not being pretentious here. Literally his model looks like some over engineered contraption.
- renewiltord 5y ago
  I suspect he’s describing how it is, not claiming that it provides any utility. It’s just someone sharing some aspect of their experience with the universe, not someone prescribing a technique. I can see how you concluded the latter, since this site frequently have posts with this style of title where the upshot is an implied “and why you should too”. This time, though? This time it’s just someone’s blog where they’re telling you how it is for them. As far as I can tell, they didn’t share it on here and they’re not proselytizing the experience. It just is.
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    Read my first post. It asks the question whether he deliberately does this or whether it's a condition.
    - ryanklee 5y ago
      Seems like enough people have the same confusion that it might be a worthwhile exercise to evaluate whether you are effectively communicating what you believe yourself to be.
      - deltaonefour 5y ago