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To: The Philosopher who wrote (38100)	5/12/1999 6:59:00 PM
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<<<... I have no idea what if any life is "out there," but I know it won't speak English, and I have serious doubts whether its math will look anything like ours... I succeeded in showing Chuzz a valid equation where 2 + 2 did NOT equal 4.... as to what dolphin or Martian mathematics may be like....>>> Sure, Christopher, there are any number of useful systems in which 11 and 4 can be identical, but they do not represent numbers of items that could lie on one's desk, which it might be sensible to restrict ourselves to. The most obvious real world example is that 11 + 2 = 1 on a clock, ie, base 12. But no dolphin will ever agree to trade you 13 fish for 1, even if you throw in a couple to sweeten the deal.

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