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Good point and feedback, but an odd choice by the author?

It could be the phenomenon of the author's cognitive bandwidth being consumed by everything in the article, including each argument, the overall argument, the writing, the formatting, etc. etc., and with time pressures. The critic can focus at their leisure on one point, with bandwidth to spare - and so it's obvious! :)

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I agree it potentially wasn't a conscious choice, but it's still interesting nonetheless.

I wasn't criticizing him for this, but rather fascinated that this is the variant that was chosen.

Speaking of odd choices:

12 = 2 * (2+2+2)

Is a hell or a lot simpler than using complex numbers. Might be a different example for that would have been better.

Sorry, the intention was just to show a cool use of complex numbers, not claim this is the simplest method to generate 12 which is pretty simple, as you demonstrate.

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