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Originally posted by Pjotr G I don't agree that 2+2=4 "just is". That you assume that it does fully relies on your interpretation of 2 and 4. If you teach a baby that "2" means the index, middle finger and thumb up (I'm avoiding the concept of "3") and you would leave 4 as it were in our society, then 2+2=4 does not hold. hehe see you can provoke a stupid discussion even from the most innocent statements

well, actually, the fact that 2 + 2 = 4 is derived from the numbers in the base 10 set and the fact that we define 1+1=2

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whew palivar actually listens to trance, I thought he was just sent here to bother us


sqrt(2) ^ 4 = 4 right?

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Originally posted by flystyler Im so glad i didnt listen to binary code, and learn about gates and shit, AND, OR or NOR, woot

My bad...didn't mean to use a BOOLEAN expression in there.
But you're right, I should have known better with 4 years of eletronics lol...

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in my book 2+2 will always equal 22 =X

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Originally posted by flystyler Im so glad i didnt listen to binary code, and learn about gates and shit, AND, OR or NOR, woot

hehe me too, i just rememebr being told one of the gates looks like sumthing off star trek

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Originally posted by Angel Inside 2 + 2 = 4. We all assume that it really is true, because we have been taught that it is. But what if the whole thing is a plot? What if it is just something the goverment has made up in order to be able to control us? To give us easy explanations and answers to anything?? Sure, you think; but it has to be 4! How do you know that? How do we know that all our teachers were telling us the truth? I'm not automatically claiming that they were all corrupt, but maybe it's for our best, as we maybe wouldbn't be able to handle anything properly otherwise? It's all a matter of conjecture. We assume that it is 4, because we have learned that it would be the most logical answer. We just assume that it is that way. Many of us assume that they will live tomorrow, just as much as today. But they don't. They get hit by cars or die in other ways. Something unexpected happens. And they were suddenly wrong about their presumptions. Claiming that 2+2 really is 4 without knowing that for sure, and without any logical evidence that isn't based upon what we have been told, is extremely naive if you ask me. Maybe even stupid. Think before you state an opinion.

Whats there so hard to understand? Take 2 bananas, then add another 2. Now count. Yes, it's 4. If u consider either the counting or the adding-process of something we have been taught as well, well then i cant help ya anymore. Cause then u writing in online forums is such a thing as well, but yeah it might be all part of a big conspiracy. the whole world should believe that 2+2= 4 in order to eventually have the aliens rule us.

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Originally posted by trancaholic 2+2=4

This is so interesting. I'm studying for the exam of Maths IV (this monday, )
so y'' - 4 = 0 with y(0) = 0 and y'(0) = 4
r^2 - 4 = 0
r = 2 or r = -2
y = C*e^2t + K*e^-2t
0 = C + K -> K = -C
y = C*e^2t - C*e^-2t
y' = 2C*e^2t + 2C*e^-2t
4 = 2C + 2C (you see. It's very useful to know that 2+2 = 4, because then 2C+2C=4C
4 = 4C
C = 1
y = e^2t - e^-2t

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