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> It's a simple way to highlight how different perspectives can lead to vastly different conclusions. But 1+1=10 and 1+1=2 are not different conclusions, they
by hks0 2y ago
> It's a simple way to highlight how different perspectives can lead to vastly different conclusions.
But 1+1=10 and 1+1=2 are not different conclusions, they are precisely the same conclusions but with different representations.
A better example might be 9 vs 6 written on the parking floor: depending on where you're standing, you'll read the number differently (and yet one of the readings is wrong).
- tmtvl 2y ago> (and yet one of the readings is wrong). It may not even be a number which is written, but the hiragana の (no).
- earthboundkid 2y agoIt could be Japanese beeper slang and mean Q.