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There are 5280 feet in a mile therefore the statement that there are 10,000 feet in a mile is…

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Alexander Douglas

1 min readJan 28, 2017

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I have no idea what you’re trying to say.

Alexander Douglas

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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St. Andrews — personal website: https://axdouglas.com/

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