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etage3 | 3 years ago

I think itake understands this and was making a point (an important one at that). Douglas R. Hofstadter made the same point (perhaps more eloquently) in "A Person Paper on Purity in Language"[0], which might be another avenue if you wish to understand what the parent comment was pointing at.

[0]https://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/personpaper/

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Dylan16807|3 years ago

It is not an important point in a context like "man-years".