well, the 2 *does* retain the same quantity value - this is true
   - hence the power of quantum vs wave-style subatomic models.
   [quanta/count]

   And... actually, the 2 changes meaning depending on context.
   THAT'S its power.

   I have two oranges.
   I have two planets.

   2 doesn't = 2 in any respect *except for* quantity. Yes, it's
   flipping it on its ear but consider it.

   2 inches.
   2 miles.

   1 of the first item means something very different than 1 of the
   second item, with the exception of being a metric, an agnostic
   convenience relating a thing to itself.

   Can you see how numbers are poetic? So is symbolic logic - a
   form of very precise poetry. Listen to the adoration people who
   engage regularly in symbolic logic or mathematics speak of it;
   it is poetry to them. A person of higher mathematics will
   practically become teary eyed over an elegent formulas as a
   writer becomes teary eyed over the perfect sentence, which
   expresses meaning succinctly.

   Poetry. Practical poetry.