satt comments on Checklist of Rationality Habits - Less Wrong

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Comment author: satt 10 November 2012 01:17:06PM 0 points [-]

It's really just the same question again -- why can't I write log(1 dollar) = 0 (or maybe 0 dollar^0.5), the same as I would write log(1) = 0.

$1 = 100¢. Now try logging both sides by stripping off the currency units first!