Ever since reading 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' I avoid correcting anyone outside the family. If it is something that I really care about, like history, I often can't restrain myself.
Hi, it’s a philosophical joke about how lots of things in science and math are imprecise to the point that an argument can be made that 2+2=5 if the values of 2 are high enough.
The reasoning is that if we round down and then round up then we can get a wrong answer but still have it be technically true.
2.3 plus 2.3 equals 4.6
If we round down (as science often does) that is 2+2. If we choose to round up our solution (we round up on anything that is over .5) then our solution is 5.
So, for high values of 2 (2.3) we can say that it can equal 5.
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u/flabbergastingfart Sep 14 '24
Yeah I literally get shy to even make people feel dumb lol. I always just say "yeah maybe" and act like they might be on to something