Re: What Flows?

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

> > Can we not say: "The dimensions are the same but the units are not."
>
> We can (there is an existence proof in this self-answering question),
> but where is the value in doing so? What do we learn about Nature by
> doing so? In what way will we facilitate learning by doing so? The
> only function of such an addition to the curriculum would be to give
> us one more item that could be included on a multiple choice test.

We would learn something about the difference between Nature and our 
description of Nature. We would learn something about measurement. 
Likely, this is important. 8-)

> Nature abhors multiple choice tests! (So do I, and I administer them!)
>
> Leigh

As do I which is why I refuse to give them. 

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