¶ Vitalistics
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Vitalistics:
“At the outset, certain new words must be introduced, among which are vitalistics to replace the dead word statistics, and mobilata to supersede data. These substitutions are necessary in order to incorporate a time element and to make allowance for the constant adjustment of figures into the meanings of the words. Statistics are static, time-less, the blinding dust of death. Vitalistics and mobilata, on the other hand are appropriately used in connection with a cosmic inventory because scientific events and corrections may cause a one hundred percent amplification or refinement in our cosmic inventory even before the manuscript reciting the items can be printed.”
¶ Citations
- NINE CHAINS, p. 47, 1938
