2 + 2 = 5

Andrew Cooper amc96 at cam.ac.uk
Thu Jul 5 18:39:58 EDT 2012


On 05/07/2012 22:46, Evan Driscoll wrote:
> On 01/-10/-28163 01:59 PM, Alexander Blinne wrote:
>> 5+0 is actually 4+0, because 5 == 4, so 5+0 gives 4.
>> 5+1 is actually 4+1, which is 5, but 5 is again 4.
>> 5+2 is 4+2 which is 6.
> 
> Now all I can think is "Hoory for new math, new-hoo-hoo math" :-)
> 
> Evan

It wont do you a bit of good to read new math!

(My mind was on exactly the same track)

~Andrew




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