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From a recent thread on sci.math
a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2-b^2 = ab-b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
2b = b
2 = 1
Orwell came close, but it seems that 2+2= 3, not 5.
posted by karlomac @ 3:41 PM
Monday, April 17, 2006
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7 Comments:
Unfortunately, you divide by zero at one point in that. Took me a while to catch what was wrong with it, too!
Actually JR, I didn't catch the dividing by zero part. I skipped through all the boring math and went straight to the part that says that 2=1. Talk about being duped by flashy claims! Man, I'm such a rube!
Why does a = b?
And on a previous topic, why is Evolution pseudo-scientific?
a=b because 2=1. Duh!
As to the evolution comment, it was a joke, although I expect that there will be some pissed-off primates that will want to kick me in the tail-bone for it.
When the theory of evolution really began to "pick up steam" during the industrial revolution, it was hailed popularly as another victory of science over religion. By including evolution in my list however, I was making the suggestion that evolution didn't really smite religion and free the minds of people; that it was merely a more subtle or more palatable replacement religion. It's like how The Who sang: "Meet the new boss...Same as the old boss."
I couldn't help but notice that you chose to capitalize the word "evolution". Funny that religious people tend to capitalize the word "god".
That's because I'm a weak-minded heathen.
I dont get the evolution is "merely a more subtle or more palatable replacement religion" comment.
People's lives don't revolve around evolution. We dont spend one day a week talking about, we dont give 10% of our earnings to it, we don't do silly rituals in honor of it, wars arn't fought over it and unlike me childhood preacher, my science teacher never tried to touch my junk.
Time for a new post! :P
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