The Deranged Mathematician: How is a Fish Like a Number?

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Synopsis:

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter asks, “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” In this post, we ask a question that seems similarly nonsensical: why is a fish like a number? But this question does have a (very surprising) answer: in some sense, neither fish nor numbers exist! This isn’t due to any metaphysical reasons, but from perfectly practical considerations of how Linnean-type classifications differ from popular definitions.

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