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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Fed Audit (prepare yourself to be ticked off) [View all]TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)As a math major, I can assure you that the 'habit' of adding numbers and portraying the SUM as meaningful in some unrelated fashion is as old as numbers themselves. Far too many folks have little comprehension of the MEANING of any arithmetic result, as they run amok performing arithmetic without reasoning.
"Spreadsheets" made this a plague within ANY economic activity. I can't even begin to describe the rampant insanity of every John and Jane Dough within every one of our 'esteemed' corporations running amok with spreadsheets upon which business decisions big and small are being made ... with less fundamental validity than Tarot cards.
The "sum" of one-sided transactions, without ANY balancing whatsoever, is without merit of any kind.
Imagine being able to actually SPEND the SUM of all the times anyone handed you some cash! If I could do that, I'd sit down with a friend and pass Ben Franklins back and forth, each of us only totalling the number of time that we RECEIVED one, without any concern whatsoever over the fact that we gave it back within seconds of getting it. If we could each SPEND just the 'receipts" ... we'd be wealthy beyond our wildest desires. Instead, we'd merely get carpal tunnel and dirty fingers.
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