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Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship or statesmanship to a formula.
— Dr. Louis Orr
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker argues that a sunset's value, friendship and statesmanship cannot be fully expressed through calculation. Putting these different examples together draws a boundary around numerical explanation. The claim concerns what measurement leaves out, rather than offering a formula for assessing those experiences.
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