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"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
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> "Anthony W. Youngman" <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > Relational fits theory fine. MV fits the real world fine.
> That statement just seems totally bogus to me. Does subtraction
> fit the real world? What happens when I subtract 5 lemons
> from 3 lemons? Do I get -2 lemons? Can you send me a picture
> of -2 lemons via email; I want to see what they look like.
You should have asked him to send you -2 lemons, not a picture of them. :-) -2 lemons are the same as 2 lemons. They differ only in perspective. :-) Of course he could send you a negative of a picture of 2 lemons. :-)
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