Define why 1+1 "2"

Emperor_Taraniac

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Report this Feb. 03 2003, 4:26 pm

I want to know exactly "why" this formula is the case. Also, while your at it, please define to me "why" water is wet. This is no joke

38957

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Report this Feb. 03 2003, 5:55 pm

Go get some apples. Clear off your table.

Put one apple on your table.

OK. Now put one more apple on your table.

Now count the apples on your table.

Repeat these instructions until you understand and are convinced that 1+1=2.

Wet is a word. It is defined to mean water is wet. It is no great philosophical mystery just a matter of linguistics.

Jargon101

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Report this Feb. 03 2003, 6:20 pm

1 + 1 = 2 is by far the most simplest mathematical formula it is as 38957 said.

markthom

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Report this Feb. 03 2003, 8:45 pm

Now, don’t be too hasty with those apples. Suppose you take one cup of water and one cup of sugar and combine them in a measuring jug. I don’t think you’ll end up with 2 cups of material.

It may work with apples, but there’s more to life than apples you know.

JGSL

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Report this Feb. 03 2003, 11:37 pm

are you sure we are not just assigning the second apple the value of two? first apple being one, second apple being two. But why then assign that apple the value of two when it is infact still one apple.

so then there are two apples with the value of one present on the table, but we say there are two. The second apple which we have said is two, is infact one, but together they are two. This is becuase we are inclusive of the second present, together they form a pair. one, a collection of two. if you wanted to think about it, you could use a matrix abs... 1,2 both inclusive in two if by counting. or if you wished to denote the zero... that would be 0,1,2.. inclusive in the mentioning/value of two. there are three numbers then present in reality... but there do not have to be...

there could be only two...

or one... if only one apple present.

you can do as others have done, abreviate.

or in the sake of counting we assign either a collective representation by upward reasoning. A variable that changes by way of denoting constant... it would denote the presence of a variable always present, but unreckonized or rather un-visiable to naked eye? or rather it is proof that we are calculating variabls in an instant... so we are quite capable of such calculations... we just are not often fully aware of it.


(for all intellegent life forms, in mention of a particular means of counting with variables and/or by matricies... there is also an equation that graphs this as there are in all things. Such an equation as present in the nature of the universe is as always most valuable in a means of graphing the calculation of counting. It is once again, by way of pressence in nature... ownership belongs to no-particular being, except all who use it will of course have knowledge in it. IT was suggested that it be by way of ownership, co-ownership with all thoose who imply it. This is to deny that it has its natural pressence. In other words the equation is, and always was in existance in the other two methods as they were too in existance, but the third method of matricies were of vizualization technique. abs?)

38957

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Report this Feb. 04 2003, 9:03 am

If you know anything of algebra you know that you cannot add A+B but only A+A or B+B.

So Water + Sugar does not add to anything but Water + Sugar

markthom

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Report this Feb. 04 2003, 7:02 pm

Du-uh, really?

What about 1 cup + 1 cup = 2 cups?

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