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dumbar number

The dumbar number is the number of participants in a conversation beyond which it becomes counter-productive.

The number is unique to every conversation. Some conversations have a dumbar number of 5 while some can go up to double digits depending on the mental stability, social intelligence and epistemic humility of the speakers.

Not to be confused with Dunbar’s number, which is the maximum number of social relationships a person has the cognitive capacity to maintain. So while Dunbar’s number poses a challenge to scaling trust and social cohesion in increasingly large groups, the dumbar number poses a challenge to scaling rational discourse in increasingly large conversations.
I’m leaving, this conversation is way past the dumbar number.

You’re so dumb, you lower any conversation’s dumbar number to one by joining it.

Man, I wish we had social media that increased the dumbar number across the board.
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Capital numbers

A capital number= A number at the beginning of a series of numbers, example 57885557 the 5 would be the capital number. Only 1 through 9 may be capital numbers, except for proper numbers (0, 11, 12 ). Proper numbers are capital numbers as well (except at the beginning of a series of numbers) Example 115663 a 1 is the capital number not 11.
You dot your capital numbers or proper numbers, decimals are also capitals and should be dotted. Dot on the top for reading right to left, on the bottom for reading left to right. Capital numbers are also the hours on a clock, they are capitals because they represent more than one number, for example 1am is also 1pm. Always leave a decimal beside solitary capital numbers, always dot your decimals and always check your time.
I always capitalize my capital numbers and leave a decimal behind solitary ones.
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