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251. In all non-corrupt use of power, including that of vulnerability, there must also be a certain innocence. (180-181)

252. Vulnerability cannot be used as a trap. It must be genuine or it is powerless. That means that any intentional vulnerability must involve a genuine risk.

253. In short, vulnerability means that the person exercising vulnerable power is at risk for the outcome of such use. While you may willingly take responsibility for what happens to me, I cannot hold you responsible for the same.

254. Time (248) is a measurement just as feet or meters. It is irrelevant when there is no motion. If all things were at rest, there would be not time. (102-112)

255. All real numbers are positive. (46)

256. All real numbers have a cube root.

257. All numeric functions can be performed on any real number.

258. The multiplication of any real number by 0 is 0. The division of any real number by 0 is infinity (∞).

259. The opposite is also true. The multiplication of any real number by ∞ is ∞. The division of any real number by ∞ is 0.

260. ∞ and 0 are absolute opposites.

 

Editor’s Note: 251-254 are the pencil section of the Third Hundred.