Yeah. This struck me as well. I think what you say is right, but probably the 'silly' part comes from the context of the legal argument.
For instance, You could also say a point is also something with 132 dimensions of data - all but one or two of which are set to 0. Does that mean if we patent ways of working with 132-dimensional data that our patents should apply to anything with fewer dimensions? Of course that would be silly....
For instance, You could also say a point is also something with 132 dimensions of data - all but one or two of which are set to 0. Does that mean if we patent ways of working with 132-dimensional data that our patents should apply to anything with fewer dimensions? Of course that would be silly....