Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The Archimedean Point

A definition lifted straight from Wikipedia:

"A hypothetical vantage point from which an observer can objectively perceive the subject of inquiry, with a view of totality. The ideal of 'removing oneself' from the object of study so that one can see it in relation to all other things, but remain independent of them."

From the Greek mathematician, Archimedes.


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