> [Platt]
> If you meant "semiotic" why didn't you say so?
> Numbers aren't words.
>
> [Arlo]
> Sure they are. Tell me a number that is not a
> word....
>
> I mentioned semiosis because you apparently think
> that writing it "2+2=4"
> (mathematical notation) is somehow different from
> the words this sentence
> conveys (namely "two plus two equals four").
>
> I mean, when you read this "2+2=4" in your head,
> don't you say the "words"?
SA: Arlo, I don't. I look at this equation and know
what it means by the numbers, not the words. I could
say the words in my head as I read this, but I
wouldn't get too restricted with concrete words.
Pictures are worth a thousand words and convey much
meaning, but I don't spell out pictures, fully, using
words alone.
I would stick with semiotic. It conveys the
meaning better.
SA
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