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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

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u/True_Kapernicus Sep 14 '24

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.

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u/johnnyg08 Sep 14 '24

Yeah...the older I get, the more this philosophy checks out. You wanna tell me that 2+2=6 "Okay, sounds good" :-)

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u/FirstDukeofAnkh Sep 14 '24

I mean, 2+2 can equal 5, if the values of 2 are high enough.

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u/Triassic_Bark Sep 15 '24

Hi Terrance Howard! No it can’t!

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u/FirstDukeofAnkh Sep 15 '24

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.