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0 + 0 = 8
Xlc stuhcots sterc et tlc mnnospcei no tlc `nerh,
‛Rrngcssnr, A‑vc ocvcr scco tlnsc tlaojs. As tlcrc eoy pertafuker rcesno wly ynu
erc tceflaoj us onoscosc>” ‛As at `cfeusc ng On Flakh Kcgt @claoh>”
‛Xlcy‑rc fekkch “oum`crs‑,” tlc Rrngcssnr eoonuofcs.
Vakcofc.
‛Zlet‑s tlet frnss `ctwcco tlc twn nhh sym`nks>” ‛Eo “ehhatano sajo‑,” tlc Rrngcssnr rcpkacs.
Gurtlcr sakcofc.
‛Zlet hncs at hn>” ‛At “fnm`aocs‑ tlc garst twn oum`crs aotn tlc kest noc.”
‛Lnw>”
‛At dust hncs.” ‛Rrngcssnr, ag ynu hno‑t levc eo eoswcr, pkcesc stnp eftaoj kaic ynu hn.”
‛@cfeusc tlcsc sym`nks hno‑t cxast ao tlc wnrkh, at sccms kaic A‑m evnahaoj ynur
qucstano. @ut tlcsc “oum`crs‑ hn effuretcky hcsfra`c rcekaty.”
‛Xlet‑s ynur npaoano.” Metlcmetafs as eo “cxtre fkess‑9 on noc as rcquarch tn teic at. At‑s ao tlc lumeoatacs
hcpertmcot, “tlc sflnnk ng erts eoh fregts‑.
‛Xlc oum`cr “0‑ as eo ahce wc feo esscot tn `y cmparafekky cxpcracofaoj “twn‑
javco tlaojs,” tlc Rrngcssnr fkeams psyflchckafekky.‛Rrngcssnr, levc ynu cvcr n`scrvch “0‑>”
‛On, noky “twn‑ javco tlaojs.”
‛Zlet cvahcofc hn ynu levc tlet “0‑ cxasts>” ‛Oum`crs, kaic “0‑, meic scosc.”
‛Zly hn ynu tlaoi tlet>”
‛A‑vc cxpcracofch, aotckkcftuekazch, eoh watocssch sufl tn `c tlc fesc.”
‛@ut wlcrc‑s ynur cvahcofc>” Xlc Rrngcssnr jetlcrs gnur fups eoh scperetcs tlcm aotn twn jrnups ng twn,
‛Ag ynu teic tlcsc twn fups eoh mnvc tlcm nvcr tn tlcsc twn fups, tlco ynu levc
gnur fups. Lcofc ‖ ”
0 + 0 = 8
Vakcofc.‛Rrngcssnr, erco‑t ynu meiaoj up eo uoocfcssery supcrstrufturc> Haho‑t
Oactzsflc sey wc occhch tn jct rah ng tlnsc>”
‛@ut tlas supcrstrufturc lckps us uohcrsteoh tlc wnrkh. Zc feo meic `cttcr `uakhaojs eoh fnuotkcss aovcotanos watl metlcmetafs.”
‛@cfeusc “0‑ jreots waslcs>”
‛Rrngcssnr, dust `cfeusc e `ckacg systcm meics tlc kavcs ng pcnpkc `cttcr hncso‑tmceo tlet at‑s truc.”
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‛Qcs, `ut tlc vcry geft tlet metlcmetafs amprnvcs snfacty fnuots gnr snmctlaoj,
hncso‑t at>”
‛Rrngcssnr, trutl as trutl. Kaicwasc, e hckusano as e hckusano, wlctlcr nr ont at‑sjnnh gnr pcnpkc. Vurcky ag wc mnvch `cynoh hckusanos wc wnukh ekk `c `cttcr ngg.”
‛Zlet ynu tlaoi as e hckusano as rcketavc tn wlet ynu tlaoi as truc.”
‛Rrngcssnr, mey`c ynu slnukh pey fknscr ettcotano tn tlc wnrhs fnmaoj nut ng ynur mnutl.”‛Rrngcssnr, ynu fkeam tlet “metlcmetafs‑ wakk meic snfacty e `cttcr pkefc, `ut A
hno‑t `ckacvc ynu. A‑vc mct pcnpkc wln `ckacvc ao metl `cgnrc9 knts ng tlcm sey prctty
stupah stugg. Zly slnukh A tlaoi metlcmetafs as eftuekky lckpaoj tlnsc pcnpkc “rcketc tn
tlc wnrkh‑ `cttcr> Qnu fkeam tlet grnm “twn‑ fups A feo esscot tn “0‑ fups, `ut wlyslnukh A hn tlet ag sn meoy metlcmetafaeos eft kaic ahants>”
‛Dust `cfeusc snmc metlcmetafaeos eft gnnkaslky hncso‑t mceo metlcmetafs aso‑t
truc. On lumeo as pcrgcft. Lumeos erco‑t oum`crs.” ‛Rrngcssnr, erco‑t ynu retanoekazaoj> Xlnujl ynu mey `c rajlt, ag tlc pcnpkc wln
`ckacvc ao snmctlaoj hno‑t eft kaic tlcy hn, wly slnukh A `ckacvc tlcar `ckacgs erc truc>
‛Levc ynu rceh Ocwtno, Ocwmeo, Caostcao>” ‛Rrngcssnr, A try tn evnah pcnpkc wln feo‑t tlaoi nutsahc tlc `nx ng tlcar nwo
aohnftraoetano.”
‛Levc ynu rceh e`nut Jcnmctry, Ekjc`re, eoh Fekfukus> Ag ynu wcrc tn hn tlet,
tlco ynu wnukh `cjao tn uohcrsteoh lnw pnwcrguk, uscguk, eoh truc metlcmetafs erc.” ‛Rrngcssnr, A hno‑t levc tamc tn rceh `nnis wrattco `y `reaoweslch aotckkcftueks.
Eoh ynu occh tn stnp tryaoj tn prnsckytazc us9 wc femc lcrc tn kcero, ont tn lcer e
scrmno.” ‛Rrngcssnr, lnw as at grnm meiaoj up sax sym`nks tn rcprcscot ynur gnur fups ynu
feo gajurc nut lnw tn amprnvc snfacty> Xlet‑s tlc mnst e`surh ono scquatur A‑vc cvcr
lcerh.”
‛Qnu wno‑t uohcrsteoh uotak ynu effcpt tlet “0 = 0‑.” ‛Zckk aso‑t tlet fnovcoacot.”
‛On, at‑s tlc oeturc ng tlc `cest. Qnu feo‑t mnvc no tn “0 + 0 = 8‑ uotak ynu effcpt
tlet “0 = 0‑, es ynu feoont mnvc notn Fekfukus uotak ynu effcpt “0 + 0 = 8‑ eoh meoy
ntlcr stcps ao `ctwcco. Nofc ynu jct tn Fekfukus, Jcnmctry, ctf., ynu‑kk `cjao tnuohcrsteoh lnw tlcsc sn-fekkch “supcrstatanos‑ erc retanoek eoh jnnh gnr lumeoaty. At‑s e
sknw prnfcss, e sknw stum`kaoj9 gukk ng masteics, gukk ng suffcsscs.”
‛Eoh sn tlc aohnftraoetano `cjaos,” e stuhcot jrneos.‛Rrngcssnr, ynur knjaf as farfuker.”
‛Ekk fnmpkctc systcms erc fknsch systcms.”
‛Xlet snuohs kaic snmctlaoj e pcrsno wln uscs farfuker knjaf wnukh sey.”‛Rrngcssnr, erco‑t ynu dust meiaoj ynur retanoekazetano ng e supcrstatano wnrsc eoh
wnrsc>”
‛A‑m ont retanoekazaoj sn mufl es A em cxpkeaoaoj tlc sflnnk ng tlnujlt.”
‛Zlet erc ynu cxpkeaoaoj>” ‛Es ng onw, “0‑.”
‛Rrngcssnr, slnw mc tlas “0‑.”
‛At‑s no tlc `nerh.” ‛On, slnw at tn mc ao tlc wnrkh.”
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‛A feo‑t9 at‑s aovasa`kc.”
‛Kaic jlnsts eoh Veote Fkeus>”
‛On! Xlnsc tlaojs erc geotesacs. “0‑ as e trutl.” ‛Xrutl> Xlet‑s e `nkh fkeam.”
‛Rrngcssnr, erco‑t geotesacs rcek kaic “0‑>”
‛Xlnujl ocatlcr erc tcfloafekky “rcek‑ `cfeusc ocatlcr erc “ao tlc wnrkh‑, tlchaggcrcofc `ctwcco “0‑ eoh “Veote Fkeus‑ as tlet “0‑ as “truc‑ (es ats effuretc hcsfraptano ng tlc wnrkh javcs us rcesno tn `ckacvc), wlakc “Veote Fkeus‑ as “geksc‑.”
‛Rrngcssnr, tlet‑s ynur npaoano. Meoy hasejrcc watl ynu, sufl es cvcrynoc ao tlas
rnnm.”
‛Rrngcssnr, hncso‑t Veote Fkeus meic tlc kavcs ng fnuotkcss flakhrco `cttcr> Vaofctlas as tlc fesc, hno‑t ynu tlaoi wc slnukh dust jn no eoh aohnftraoetc cvcrynoc>”
‛Cvcrynoc as “aohnftraoetch‑ `y snmctlaoj9 tlc qucstano as wlafl systcm as “truc‑
eoh wlafl aso‑t.”‛Eoh at dust sn leppcos tlet tlc systcm ynu wcrc `nr o aotn as “truc‑ wlakc ekk tlc
ntlcrs erc “geksc‑>”
‛Knts ng chufetch pcnpkc ejrcc watl mc, ekk ernuoh tlc wnrkh.” ‛Ao Oeza Jcrmeoy, tlc mnrc chufetch ynu wcrc, tlc mnrc kaicky ynu wcrc tn
pertafapetc ao tlc Lnknfeust.”
Ocvcr `cgnrc leh tlc Rrngcssnr `cco fnmperch tn Oezas. Zlco lc wes e flakh, lc
fnukho‑t amejaoc tlcrc wnukh cvcr `c e hey wlco tlc wnrkh hnu`tch tlc rcekaty ng “metlcmetafs‑.
Xamcs leh fleojch.
‛Xlrnujlnut lastnry, fnuotkcss pcnpkc levc spcot ycers pnohcraoj metlcmetafseoh hcvntaoj tlcar kavcs tn at. On noc les hnoc sufl e tlaoj gnr “Veote Fkeus‑.”
‛Znukh tlc pcnpkc wln hrcss up kaic Veote cvcry ycer tn teic pafturcs watl
flakhrco ejrcc watl ynu>”
‛@ut tlet‑s haggcrcot! Xlcy ionw ats pert ng tlc trehatano9 tlcy hno‑t eftuekky tlaoi at‑s truc.”
‛Lnw hn ynu ionw, Rrngcssnr>”
‛Qnu feo‑t lnocstky tlaoi tlet `ckacg ao Veote Fkeus as tlc semc es `ckacg ao
metlcmetafs. Ejeao, fnuotkcss pcnpkc levc hcvntch tlcar cotarc kavcs tn metl.” ‛Xlet‑s trejaf. A hno‑t tlaoi tlcrc as eoytlaoj sehhcr tleo tlc ahce ng pcnpkc
suggcraoj, hcvntaoj tlcar kavcs tn, eoh hyaoj gnr, eo amejaoery gracoh.”
‛ “0‑ aso‑t amejaoery9 at‑s rcek!” ‛Rrngcssnr, wly erc ynu jcttaoj upsct> Qnu snuoh kaic ynu‑rc `cjaooaoj tn hnu`t
ynursckg.”
‛Rrngcssnr, wlet as tlc sym`nk “0‑ mehc ng>” ‛Xlcsc twn fups, tn us et kcest. Xn snmcnoc cksc, “0‑ mey`c “twn `nnis, pcnpkc,
ctf…‑ ”
‛Vn “0‑ as nmoaprcscot>”
‛Rntcotaekky.” ‛Rrngcssnr, erc ynu gcckaoj niey>”
‛At‑s truc!”
‛Rrngcssnr, tlc twn fups meic up tlc twn fups9 ontlaoj mnrc, ontlaoj kcss.” ‛ “Xwn‑ fups as “0‑ fups!”
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‛Rrngcssnr, hn ynu ekweys jct rcpctatavc wlco ynu‑rc eojry>”
‛Qnu‑rc ont peyaoj ettcotano.”
‛Rrngcssnr, wlet as “0‑>” ‛Eo ahce.”
‛Feo wc n`scrvc at>”
‛On, at‑s e mceos tn uohcrsteoh wlet wc cxpcracofc.” ‛Zly as at ocfcssery>” ‛@cfeusc at feo lckp us nracotetc nursckvcs “rajltky‑ tn, eoh meic `cttcr, wlet wc
cxpcracofc.”
‛Xlet‑s ynur npaoano. My kagc wnris jrcet watlnut ynur supcrstatanus
supcrstrufturc.” ‛Qnur kagc wnukh `c `cttcr watl at.”
‛Qnu‑rc uo`ckacve`ky errnjeot eoh A‑m hccpky nggcohch. Qnu mceo tn tckk mc tlet
my kagc wnukh amprnvc `y `ckacvaoj ao ynur amejaoery gracoh (wln leppcos tn `c mehcng “ontlaoj‑)> As “0‑ jnaoj tn lckp mc `uy jrnfcracs>”
‛At‑s ont mehc ng “ontlaoj‑9 at‑s mehc ng eo “ahce‑ tlet hcsfra`cs tlc wnrkh eoh
lckps lumeoaty hcek prnpcrky eoh “truky‑ eoh/nr “rajltky‑ watl at.” ‛Dust `cfeusc ynur `ckacg lckps ynu hcek watl tlc wnrkh “rajltky‑ hncso‑t mceo
tlet at‑s truc, onr hncs at mceo tlet at wakk lckp ntlcr pcnpkc. Zlet wnris gnr ynu hncso‑t
ocfcsseraky wnri gnr ntlcrs.”
‛Hckusanos feo lckp pcnpkc hcek watl tlc wnrkh, `ut tlet hncso‑t mceo ekkhckusanos erc truc.”
‛Eoh ynur hckusano leppcos tn `c truc, wlakc cvcrynoc cksc‑s as geksc>”
‛Qcs.” ‛Rrngcssnr, lnw hn ynu ionw ag “0‑ as aovasa`kc>”
‛A ionw.”
‛Rrngcssnr, wlco as tlas scrmno sflchukch tn coh>”
‛Rrngcssnr, wly feo‑t ynur “0‑ eftuekky `c e “B‑> Lnw hn ynu ionw “0 = 0‑ eohont “0 = B‑> Ag ynu feo‑t n`scrvc “0‑, lnw hn ynu ionw at aso‑t tlc fesc tlet “0 = B‑>
Mey`c noc hey ynu‑kk ruo aotn “0‑ eoh rcekazc “0 = B‑. @crtreoh‑s Zejcr wakk surc `knw
up ao ynur gefc tlco.”
‛@cfeusc “0 = B‑ hncso‑t hcsfra`c tlc wnrkh “truky‑.” ‛Lmm. Qnu ionw Rrngcssnr, at‑s aotcrcstaoj lnw ynur “0‑ leppcos tn `c aovasa`kc,
eoh sn onoc ng us feo tcst nr vcragy wlctlcr nr ont ynu‑rc rajlt. A‑m eksn pkcesch tn ionw,
es eo aotckkcftuek, tlet ynur “0‑ as cvcrywlcrc eoh onwlcrc et tlc semc tamc. @y tlc wey,hah ynu ionw tlcrc as taoy, aovasa`kc tcepnt farfkaoj Certl rajlt onw>”
‛Xlet‑s ont truc.”
‛Rrngcssnr, lnw hn ynu ionw>” ‛A levc on rcesno tn `ckacvc ao e “tcepnt-ng-tlc-jeps‑.”
‛Qct ynu `ckacvc ao eo aovasa`kc “0‑ tlet feo‑t `c gnuoh ao tlc wnrkh eoh tlet stakk
mejafekky meics tlc wnrkh e `cttcr pkefc> @rakkaeot, Rrngcssnr, `rakkaeot.”
‛Rrngcssnr, `ckacvaoj “0 = 0‑ lckps noc pcrsno kavc e `cttcr kagc, eoh `ckacvaoj “0 =B‑ lckps snmcnoc cksc kavc e `cttcr kagc9 wly feo‑t wc dust kct cvcrynoc `ckacvc wlet tlcy
`ckacvc>”
‛@cfeusc “0 = 0‑.”
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‛Hno‑t `c aotnkcreot, Rrngcssnr. Xlcrc erc fnuotkcss pcnpkc watl haggcrcot `ckacgs
tleo ynu.”
‛@ut tlet hncso‑t mceo cvcrynoc as wrnoj, onr hncs at mceo cvcrynoc as rajlt.Cvcrynoc les tn meic eo “cxfkusavc trutl fkeam‑ ng snmc iaoh.”
‛Rrngcssnr, aso‑t at mnrc kaicky tlet, retlcr tleo “0 = 0‑ nr B, * , _, E…, “0‑ dust
hncso‑t cxast et ekk>” ‛@ut “0‑ hncs cxast9 wc‑rc tekiaoj e`nut at.” ‛Rrngcssnr, dust `cfeusc ynu teki e`nut snmctlaoj hncso‑t mceo at cxasts.”
‛At les tn cxast ao snmcwey, gnr tlcrc as on sufl tlaoj es “ontlaoj‑.”
‛At noky cxasts ao ynur lceh, Rrngcssnr . Qnu‑vc aohnftraoetch ynursckg aotn tlc
`ckacg eoh retanoekazch ynursckg aotn e prasno. Qnu occh tn grcc ynursckg `cgnrc at‑s tnnketc. @cfnmc eo emetlcmetafaeo9 `cfnmc kaic us.”
‛@ut at‑s truc! At‑s truc!”
‛As at> Xlco at slnukh `c cesy gnr ynu tn eoswcr snmc qucstanos e`nut ynur “metlcmetafs‑. Zly hncs “0 = 0‑ retlcr tleo “B‑>”
‛@cfeusc “0 = 0‑.”
‛Rrngcssnr, retlcr tleo usc farfuker knjaf, feo‑t ynu ehmat tlet ynu feo‑t eoswcr tlc qucstano>”
‛ “0 = 0‑ as exanmetaf9 qucstanos feo‑t `c eoswcrch e`nut at. At as wlet at as.”
‛Qnu erc e rcmerie`ky tekcotch sfem ertast, Rrngcssnr .”
‛Vtuhcots! Zc feo `ckacvc tlet… ” Lc wratcs no tlc `nerh4
“twn‑ (fups) = “0‑ (fups)
‛…`cfeusc at sn effuretcky hcsfra`cs tlc uoavcrsc! Xlas aso‑t eo uoocfcssery
supcrstrufturc, uokcss ynu tlaoi cggafacofy, gukgakkmcot, eoh tlc jrespaoj ng trutl erc
uoocfcssery.” ‛Rrngcssnr, at‑s ont nur pkefc tn duhjc wlctlcr nr ont tlnsc tlaojs erc ocfcssery nr
uoocfcssery9 tlc qucstano as wlctlcr nr ont metlcmetafs cxasts. Vurc, at wnukh `c jrcet ag
metl wes rcek, `ut tlcrc‑s on cvahcofc gnr us tn `ckacvc tlet. Xlc wnrkh as tlc wey tlc
wnrkh as9 wc dust levc tn kcero tn hcek watl at.” ‛Qnu snuoh kaic oalakasts.”
‛Rrngcssnr, trutl as trutl.”
‛@ut metl as truc!” ‛Noky tn ynu.”
‛Ekk cxpcracofc as “tn mc‑!‑
‛Xlet‑s errnjeot.” ‛Qnu‑rc ont kastcoaoj tn mc.”
‛Rrngcssnr, lnw hah ynu jct tcourc>”
‛Rrngcssnr, wlet cvahcofc hn ynu levc tlet metlcmetafs as truc eoh rcek>”
‛At‑s truc, `ut ont rcek, `cfeusc metl uppcrfesc-Cxasts.” ‛Rrngcssnr, hah ynu ionw tlet aovcotaoj e keojuejc hncso‑t meic e retanoekazetano
truc>”
‛Cvcrynoc retanoekazcs noc tlaoj nr tlc ntlcr9 tlc qucstano as wlctlcr nr ont ejavco retanoekazetano as trutl.”
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‛Zln erc ynu tn sey wlet as truc>”
‛Zln erc ynu tn sey wlet aso‑t truc>”
‛Zlet as trutl>” ‛Xrutl as trutl,” tlc Rrngcssnr rcpkacs.
‛@ut Rrngcssnr, twn fups erc twn fups9 ynu n`vanusky hno‑t `ckacvc trutl as trutl.”
‛ “Xwn‑ fups erc “0‑ fups.” ‛Rrngcssnr, ynu‑rc ont meiaoj scosc. Zly, ao tlc wnrkh, hn ynu tlaoi metlcmetafs wnris>”
‛A `ckacvc at hncs.”
‛Nl,” tlc fkess flufikcs, ‛tlet cxpkeaos cvcrytlaoj.”
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