X = X
It’s obvious.
But obviously not:
X = Y.
So when can we say:
“a difference
makes no difference”?
Can our equations
express a new fact
by elimination
– by reducing the facts
“two into one”
– to restate the reality
and refute the obvious
(that “Y is not X”)
– as when we say:
“mind = brain”?
Mike Laidler
