“Zero people” and “needing” is an oxymoron, nothing (zero) can’t be associated to any natural thing (like “needing”), that’s what I was trying to say in my not so clear comment above.
Writing this down I realized we’re still trying to write in fancier words what the pre-Socratics had a clear understanding of 2500+ years ago, and speaking of the Greeks is too bad that Wolfram didn’t mention Plato by name in the first few paragraphs, the chair example is practically taken from him (expecting a Parmenides quote would have probably been too much).
Writing this down I realized we’re still trying to write in fancier words what the pre-Socratics had a clear understanding of 2500+ years ago, and speaking of the Greeks is too bad that Wolfram didn’t mention Plato by name in the first few paragraphs, the chair example is practically taken from him (expecting a Parmenides quote would have probably been too much).