Re: New Book by some guy

Walter Bushell <proto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1j503gk.7pel2l1mz21huN%john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (John S. Wilkins) wrote:

These are physical relations. Ideas are concrete things.

OK, what is the mass of those two ideas. Or how would you go about
measuring the mass of an idea?

By measuring the force the idea has and the rate at which its
spread increases?

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--- Paul J. Gans

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