HalMorris comments on Mixed Reference: The Great Reductionist Project - Less Wrong

29 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 December 2012 12:26AM

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Comment author: HalMorris 12 December 2012 04:42:43AM -1 points [-]

Well, you've certainly ground the 'hogfathers' argument into dust, but I've gotta point out that 2 apples times 3 apples isn't 6 apples; it's 6 SQUARE apples. Just for what it's worth.

Comment author: MugaSofer 12 December 2012 10:56:30AM 1 point [-]

The number of apples, not the apples themselves, are being multiplied.