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If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - BitBuster - 12-Apr-2012
What then?
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - quiznos00 - 12-Apr-2012
1 + 1 = 10 in binary.
What now?
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - IceyLava108 - 12-Apr-2012
11.
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - ManipulatorGeneral - 12-Apr-2012
1 + 1 = 3 for reasonably large values of 1.
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - Phazite - 12-Apr-2012
If not 1+1=2, then what?
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - IceyLava108 - 12-Apr-2012
Quote:If not 1+1=2, then what?
11.
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - Lessinath - 12-Apr-2012
Quote:1 + 1 = 10 in binary.
What now?
To clarify...
(The subscript denotes the base scale. <sub>2</sub> is binary, <sub>10</sub> is decimal.
The number 11
<sub>2</sub>
represents:
2 + 1
1 1
2 + 1
which is 3
<sub>10</sub>
.
To get 11<sub>10</sub> you need 1011
<sub>2</sub>
.
1011
<sub>2</sub>
represents
8 + 4 + 2 + 1
1 0 1 1
8 + 0 + 2 + 1
.
which is 11
<sub>10</sub>
.
But to respond directly,
10
<sub>2</sub>
is
2 + 1
1 0
2 + 0
= 2
TL;DR = 1 and 1 is both 2, 11 and 3. It all depends on what you do with the numbers.
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - Phazite - 13-Apr-2012
1<sub>10</sub> + 1<sub>10</sub> = 11<sub>1</sub><sub></sub>.
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - M11k4 - 13-Apr-2012
Quote:What then?
Most probably it would mean our notation for the number 'two' would be different from what it actually is. It wouldn't need a large event in the past for '2' to actually notate something else, like maybe 'seven'.
If 1+1 didn't equal 2 - BitBuster - 13-Apr-2012
^I like the philosophical turn this thread is taking.
Oh, and one orange plus one pair of oranges gives you three oranges.