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> [Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Between two and three there is a jump. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/numbers-are-the-product-of-counting-quantities-are-the-product-of/)

[Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/)

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> [Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/numbers-are-the-product-of-counting-quantities-are-the-product-of-2/)

[Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/)

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