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05 Oct 2023, 3:22 pm

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I admit to skepticism about some of these responses.

I admit to confusion about your reasons why.

None of you, nor I either, at the end of the day can do math without reducing it to numerals. Not even the fellow who thinks in dots. Without numerals those dots make no sense even to him.

Evidence please.

For goodness sakes I’m not giving your partner a hard time.

I just don’t believe a person can calculate the square root of 149 by thinking on pictures.

I have no evidence of being able to do that any other way. Do you?

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05 Oct 2023, 3:23 pm

I do reduce it to numerals but those numerals are held in my mind as colours and I know what colour results when I mix two colours.

I excelled in Maths and studied the Philosophy of Mathematics, as well as Boolean Logic btw.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:26 pm

Never really though about it. I just do it.

A calculator comes in handy from time to time but I don't really do much maths.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:27 pm

rse92 wrote:

TwilightPrincess wrote:

rse92 wrote:

IsabellaLinton wrote:

rse92 wrote:

I admit to skepticism about some of these responses.

I admit to confusion about your reasons why.

None of you, nor I either, at the end of the day can do math without reducing it to numerals. Not even the fellow who thinks in dots. Without numerals those dots make no sense even to him.

Evidence please.

For goodness sakes I’m not giving your partner a hard time.

What?

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I have no evidence of being able to do that any other way. Do you?

If you are discounting others’ experience, I’m assuming that you have a good, research-based reason for doing so beyond personal bias/experience.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:33 pm

My partner wants to know if you are accusing me of having an affair?

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05 Oct 2023, 3:35 pm

Women can’t debate or express opinions without partners being at the heart of the matter. We’re such silly, frivolous creatures after all.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:38 pm

TwilightPrincess wrote:

Women can’t debate or express opinions without partners being at the heart of the matter. We’re such silly, frivolous creatures after all.

Women can’t ask for evidence either.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:39 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:

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Women can’t debate or express opinions without partners being at the heart of the matter. We’re such silly, frivolous creatures after all.

Women can’t ask for evidence either.

Yeah, I don’t know what I was thinking. Maybe it’s PMS.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:41 pm

It’s OK, honey.

https://youtu.be/dNy23tJMTzQ?feature=shared

I’m in an airport so I can’t really watch how accurate this is, but it looks about right.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:43 pm

TwilightPrincess wrote:

Women can’t debate or express opinions without partners being at the heart of the matter. We’re such silly, frivolous creatures after all.

That’s not my point, and you know it isn’t.

Signed,

A man who has a wife, an ex-wife, two daughters, three step-daughters, two daughters in law, a granddaughter, numerous female law partners, and many other women in my life.

The two of you ARE doing a good job of making the actual point I was making.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:44 pm

rse92 wrote:

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Women can’t debate or express opinions without partners being at the heart of the matter. We’re such silly, frivolous creatures after all.

This reminds me of those people who claim not to be racist because they have a black friend or friends. :roll:

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The two of you ARE doing a good job of making the point I was making.

What point is that?

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05 Oct 2023, 3:46 pm

rse92 wrote:

None of you, nor I either, at the end of the day can do math without reducing it to numerals. Not even the fellow who thinks in dots. Without numerals those dots make no sense even to him.

Don’t tell people what they do or don’t experience in their own brains. It’s not cool.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:50 pm

OK I watched it and it’s exactly right, except she sees the wrong colours lol. Also I don’t really see the number because of my Aphantasia. I only see the colour in my whole field of mental vision.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:56 pm

TwilightPrincess wrote:

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None of you, nor I either, at the end of the day can do math without reducing it to numerals. Not even the fellow who thinks in dots. Without numerals those dots make no sense even to him.

Don’t tell people what they do or don’t experience in their own brains. It’s not cool.

Don’t twist my words or ascribe sentiments to me that I do not state nor do I have. You can not find a person who thinks I am against women in any way. That is not cool. This is also my last statement on this. Have at it. I look forward to the five page thread.

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05 Oct 2023, 3:59 pm

Maybe next time avoid saying this:

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For goodness sakes I’m not giving your partner a hard time.

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05 Oct 2023, 4:00 pm

rse if you picture a numeral like 7, you know its value and what it represents like seven dots. Same thing for me when I think of 7, but I don’t see the numeral. I see the colour which my brain understands as representing seven dots.

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