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How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3

4 pointsby memorablealmost 3 years ago

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quickthrower2almost 3 years ago
TRUE and FALSE are the issue here. No such thing. Everything is a belief, or a concept.<p>There is a lot that goes into 2 + 2 = 4. Sounds simple right? But the concepts of counting, addition, symbols to represent numbers, and what those number represent in the real.<p>2 is a generalization and abstraction for 2 things, but what those things are require our brain to interpret.<p>This might be simply as converting light hitting the eyes into a mental model. For example: The earplugs. Those earplugs don&#x27;t really exist in any absolute terms. They are a piece of foam. So you might say you have 3 earplugs, and a flotation device for an insect. But ... you might also say it is a gazillion atoms.<p>My religion is &quot;I don&#x27;t know&quot;.<p>&lt;&#x2F;&gt;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;220&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;220&#x2F;</a>
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hulitualmost 3 years ago
&gt; How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3<p>Buy a Pentium &#x2F;s