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Science Literacy in the U.S.A.
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WT Sharpe
2 + 2 only equals 4 if the right measurements are being used. Two earthquakes numbering 2 on the Richter scale do not equal one numbering 4 on that scale!
http://virgil.azwestern.edu/~dag/lol/TwoPlusTwo.html
That's because the richter scale is logarithmic.
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