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From: brome@axnd02.cern.ch (Clint Brome)
Subject: Re: Zero, a bad concept for logic, math and science?
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tdp@ix.netcom.com(Tom Potter ) writes:

>Zero is a bad concept which creates several problems
>in logic, math and physics.



  So, how would you answer the question:

      "How many innocent people have you dismembered
   with an axe?"


  I would find the concept of "zero people" to be useful
in answer to such a question, how about you?
