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Um texto lindo sobre como o nosso cérebro processa a ideia de zero (e, de bônus, como essa representação evoluiu ao longo do tempo).
Thank you, @Project Gutenberg , for this!
How the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of ZeroZero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing.
In some ways, zero is just like any other number on a number line. But a new study suggests that the mind may treat the symbol for absence differently.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu via @QuantaMagazine
quantamagazine.org/how-the-hum…
#mathematics #neuroscience