If an idea is built out of 5 parts, each of which is built out of 5 parts, each of which is built out of 5 parts, each of which is built out of 5 parts, then there are 781 total ideas.
It looks to me like the number of ideas should be 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 625, not 781. Have I misunderstood this sentence?
If the ideas are one paragraph each, with an average of four sentences per paragraph, then that’s 3124 sentences.
If I am right about the preceding sentence then the number of sentences would be 2500.
These sentences are in paragraph 14 of