[LEAPSECS] Straw men

[Warner Losh]

On Jan 9, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Rob Seaman wrote:


> Ian Batten wrote:

> 

>> I know you really, fervently believe that to be not only true currently but inevitably and essentially true, but it just isn't.

> 

> No, rather I assert it as a definition of terms.  A mathematical identity if you like.


It is only one possible definition, not the only one.  That makes it a belief, not a mathematical identity.

Warner