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  • Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next.

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    "Number is Different from Quantity". CoEvolution Quarterly, www.oikos.org. Spring 1978.
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Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. - Gregory Bateson
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