Re: News: New monkey species is more unique than thought

UC wrote:

'Uniqueness' does not admit of degree.

That it seems to me would render "unique" completely meaningless.
Since every identifiable "thing" is unique this property/characteristic
would apply equally to all things. Thus stating that some "thing"
is unique would provide no information at all.

Cordially;

Friar Broccoli
Robert Keith Elias, Quebec, Canada Email: EliasRK (of) gmail * com
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