Is 2+2 Really Equal to 5? The Surprising Answer Inside!

[Erdem]

[SOLVED] 2+2=5 really?

i saw this somewhere.
is it correct

 

[chroot]

Of course not.

- Warren

 

[mathman]

Sometimes the obvious is true. 2+2=4, not 5.

 

[Erdem]

check it then

http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/imawww/pages/humor/twoandtwo.html

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/60f5/

 

[chroot]

Okay, when a website's title is "Humor in der Mathematik," you can be pretty sure it's not real. Both links you provided are jokes.

- Warren

 

[BoulderHead]

Originally posted by Erdem
check it then

http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/imawww/pages/humor/twoandtwo.html

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/60f5/

2+2=5
For extremely large values of 2.

LOL, those are some funny links, Erdem, thanks!

 

[HallsofIvy]

Do you mean that "Houston Euler" is not a real mathematician?

 

[selfAdjoint]

Back in High School we used to say "Euler's number" = five quarts.

 

[lastlaugh]

I first heard of the equation when reading 1984 . . .

 

[Shahil]

Does anybody ever keep up with pop culture?

You probably saw the

2 + 2 = 5

equation on the back of the new Radiohead album called "Hail To The Thief."

I think they relesed the single in the UK last week so you can go buy it if you want!

 

[lastlaugh]

The radiohead single was an obvious allusion to the Orwellian novel

 

[al2six]

Originally posted by Shahil


Does anybody ever keep up with pop culture?

You probably saw the

2 + 2 = 5

equation on the back of the new Radiohead album called "Hail To The Thief."

I think they relesed the single in the UK last week so you can go buy it if you want!

a great song by a great preapocolyptic math rock band. finally got to see them live this summer. it was a euphoric experience.

 

[russ_watters]

Originally posted by chroot
Okay, when a website's title is "Humor in der Mathematik," you can be pretty sure it's not real. Both links you provided are jokes.

- Warren

I don't speak German. What does "humor" mean?

 

[motai]

Good question russ_watters. Last time I checked, I think it was some sort of body fluid.