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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (38100)5/13/1999 2:38:00 AM
From: Krowbar  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
I saw a documentary on TLC where a monkey was doing math with just pictures of bananas. When he saw 2 bananas put in an empty basket and then a moment later 2 more bananas were placed in the basket, he correctly pointed to the picture of 4 bananas when asked "how many now?" The picture of 4 bananas could have been correctly labeled 4, in base ten, or 11, in base 3. He didn't give a shit, and neither do I, what the label said.

And I bet he can't arrange 17 bananas in n rows with the same number in each row.

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