One plus two is twelve.
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| Started: | 6/19/2008 | Category: | Science |
| Updated: | 3 months ago | Status: | Voting Period |
| Viewed: | 178 times | Debate No: | 4450 |
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I think anyone who supports this viewpoint needs to retake elementary school math. I don't mean to sound rude about it but it I think that it quite obvious that 1 + 2 = 3 and NOT 12.
Allow me to demonstrate. Say you have 2 apples. Now imagine that I give you one more apple. How many apples do you have? Three apples. There is no possible way that you could have 12 apples unless I somehow had the ability to create 10 additional applies out of thin air. Anyway, I think that example alone says enough about my viewpoint. I look forward to seeing how, if possible, anyone could disagree with me.
Dim firstLetter as string Dim sedondLetter as STring Dim stringTwelve as String firstLetter = "1" secondLetther = "2" stringTwelve = firstLetter + secondLetter Msgbox(stingTwelve) |
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The program you posted just tells a computer to say "Twelve" when asked what is 1 + 2. In other words, you are basically programming it to lie. This clearly does not disprove that 1 + 2 is not equal to 12.
"This clearly does not disprove that 1 + 2 is not equal to 12" I was not trying to disprove. I think I did show where 1 + 2 = 12 :D It was cheesy, i'll grant that but I love cheese :D |
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I was not asking a programming question (or a computer program based on faulty logic, for that matter). I am claiming that mathematically 1 + 2 = 3 NOT 12.
I still love cheese. Cheese is great. Cheese is tasty. I could eat one piece of cheese. I could eat two pieces of cheese. I could eat 12 pieces of cheese. |
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Strings aren't treated as numbers, they're just like letters. For example, "Pork " + "Fried Rice" = "Pork Fried Rice". In this same way, "1" + "2" = "12".
I thought it was funny because it was so creative and off-the-wall. I didn't expect PRO to come up with something that actually affirmed the resolution, I figured he'd just make some bogus semantics argument or use flawed mathematics to prove it, like most people do with these math-type debates.