Originally Posted by redietz View Post
This question is not a math equation. It is a piece of writing. It should foremost be analyzed as a piece of writing before being analyzed as a math equation.
Agreed, with one proviso.

Ultimately, we can not be on "the right track" once we have found analytical clarity in the writing or the math. Such commitment is about no possible further wondering or "no more track".

"It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future." - Thomas Sankara

"Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. - Carl von Clausewitz