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Ontological Math Snigglets # 4

Ontological Math Snigglets # 4 Quotes Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. - Brian O'Driscoll We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been, quite possibly, bamboozled. - Super Colonel Sarge of Red A civilization or individual who cannot burst through its current abstractions is doomed to sterility after a limited period of progress. -Alfred North Whitehead One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. -Walter Bagehot The MAGA Left You've probably heard of the MAGA right, but what about the MAGA left: Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Amazon? Infinity Infinity is just something that converges on some sort of behavior and then doesn't change once you add to that. You never reach infinity, but you effectively do once you reach this emergent behavior. A circle is a polygon with an infinite number of sides. However, you don't really have to get to an infinit...