ABSTRACT
Just as there are two-and three-value systems, there are infinite-valued systems. Now we must measure instead of count. Between two points exist an infinite number of possibilities. To measure these infinite possibilities we must follow the engineering principle of least effort. We will weigh diamonds on a jeweler’s scale and use freight scales for railroad cars of coal. For practical purposes, “infinite-valued” may be taken to mean “having a very large number of values.” We may not be interested in all those values-after $10.01, we are not concerned with $10.01001. It’s just not practical.
