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Modelability:
"and thus to explain just why we become especially interested
in this or that which later proves to be an important factor
in determining our further, experiments, speculations, and
complex relationship discoveries.
"Since I was suspicious that nature was, unbeknownst to the
scientists, always using dynamic models of conceptual process
transformations-- how to conceptualize nothing, or absolute
emptiness, as symbolized quantitatively by zero, very greatly
intrigued me. This lead far back into the history of science
and mathematics, which overlapped many times into necromancy,
numerology, astrology, superstitions, and the symbolism of
religious legend and scripture.
"I found myself powerfully prone not to discard from serious
consideration any ideas which the academicians frowned upon
simply because those ideas had been of interest to, or had been
exploited by, non-scientists, tricksters, and carelessly
loose pundits. For instance, I have pondered a great deal on
why the Babylonians chose to attempt to marry the angles of
the circle and time with cyclic unity of the circle, chosen
as 360° divisible into 60 minutes per degree and 60 seconds"
