TheAlbionist Member since Jul 04th 2011 3306 posts
Tue Feb-03-15 10:48 AM
88. "Hmm. I'll try for a little longer." In response to In response to 85
>Stick with this thought. You said "at two ends of a scale". > >The point I am making is that there is only one state, one >"Scale" and we observe varying states of it, but ultimately, >it is the same and one thing, that is inseparable. >
A scale isn't a state. It's a scale. A state isn't a scale. It's a state. One is a value, one is a range.
A scale is a hypothetical construct containing all possible values of a property. A state is the value that an *individual* takes on that scale.
They aren't one and the same thing any more than a touchdown and a football pitch are the same or water's boiling point and a thermometer are the same.