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Re: Outside quantifiers on masses

mi pu mabla cusku di'e

> > Consider that mass as a mass of cells.  10% of a person is a dead person,
> > but 100% of that mass is alive; 90% may or may not be alive.

la xorxes. cusku di'e

> I don't see why 10% of a person is a dead person, and I don't understand
> what the example shows, either.

I was muddled.  I meant, of course, that 10% of a person, when severed from
the remaining 90%, can't remain alive long.  This claim is true but not
relevant.

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