bob
It's better to have two hands than one glove.
It's meaningless Bob...you win.
I think the whole point of my post was that sometimes, maybe we don't have to prove or quantify everything, for the sake of showing support for a fellow being.
This would be one of those times, in my opinion.
2 socks, please!
One can support an ailing colleague without appealing to imaginary friends, mysterious forces, and mythical energies at least as well and most likely better than those that seem to be constantly invoking these sorts of things.
You used the term, you quantify it. Merely because you used the term in some sort of benevolent manner does not exempt you from the fallacy inherent in it.