People do realize that all of these "proofs" that 1=0 or 2+2=5 are all either misguided or intended to be comical, right? Has anyone failed to recognize that virtually all of these types of pseudo-proofs involve dividing or multiplying by zero, which makes them invalid?
2006-08-16 05:24:35 · 18 answers · asked by knivetsil 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Agreed
2006-08-16 05:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by WildPointer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but it's of little value in the Ultimate Reality. When we think it makes sense, it's only because we are deluding ourselves with individuality and separation between objects.
In fact, nothing can ever be equal to anything else for any length of time. And to say it was equal to itself for an instant in time is a moot point.
It is impossible for anything NOT to have an effect on anything else, isn't it? Therefore there is no way to define just what the 2 objects are, let alone add them to another 2 objects and get the idea that there are 4 things altogether. That is just downright delusional, yet we do it everyday, because our very sense of conscious individuality is an illusion from which we have a very hard time escaping while still being ourselves.
2006-08-16 13:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by overseas and broke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you'd be well off going around the country speaking at high schools. Algebra's great, but any class that tries to teach you that 1=0 needs to realize that it's honesly making a mistake somehow.
2006-08-16 12:34:04 · answer #3 · answered by kae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I usually pull those 1=2 questions out whenever a party starts to dwindle. I'm telling you, the results are incredible. Keg stands, vodka chugs, girls dancing on tables, the guy from girls gone wild showing up, it all happens the instant you slap a 1=2 equation on the drink splattered table.
2006-08-16 12:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Krzysztof_98 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If you're working in a base 3 number system,
then 2 + 2 = 11.
But the rest of it's correct
Doug
2006-08-16 12:33:32 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually 2+2 = Toto
Define plus...... Increased by the addition of:
So the addition of " to plus to " some how actual comes out to be that dog on "Wizard of Oz"
2006-08-16 12:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by jeff s 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is there really even a question in there? The only people who don't realize that there are faults with those problems are the ones who don't understand math.
2006-08-16 12:31:02 · answer #7 · answered by BrainCracker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is there really even a question in there? The only people who don't realize that there are faults with those problems are the ones who don't understand math.
2006-08-16 12:28:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
in if you put 2+2 into human reproductive terms it equals six sometimes more depending on if they have twins or triplets or something.
2006-08-16 13:25:01 · answer #9 · answered by Solomon Dump 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2+2=4 ????
Where did you get that!!! You must be a GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!
Must have at least a 200 IQ !
PS: thx. It's so annoying those 1=2 questions.
2006-08-16 12:29:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋