Re:King – man + woman is queen; but why?
by stephencanon on Saturday January 07, 2017 @05:53PM
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No; it's not closed under linear combinations and it doesn't contain an additive identity.
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Well it does if you use the right coordinate system! As the article mentions, most people don't normalize correctly and only get passable answers by luck. You can add locations on the earth's surface if you pick a point to be the origin.