1x1=2

[Chriliman]

That something appears to be your understanding of mutiplication. Or sarcasm if that is what you were going for.

What Howard is saying is a prime example of why we should not rely on our own understanding. In this case, Howard is relying on his own understanding.

Always assume there is someone who knows more than you do and that you can learn something from them.

 

[HitchSlap]

What Howard is saying is a prime example of why we should not rely on our own understanding. In this case, Howard is relying on his own understanding.

Always assume there is someone who knows more than you do and that you can learn something from them.

Did somebody hijack your account?
Who s this?!

 

[crjmurray]

Maybe somebody should ask Howard to come here. Does um.....does anybody know Terrence Howard?

 

[HitchSlap]

Maybe somebody should ask Howard to come here. Does um.....does anybody know Terrence Howard?

I like his movies!

 

[crjmurray]

I like his movies!

That's something.

 

[ViaCrucis]

No, but I think I can see where the confusion comes in. Multiply means to increase in number by reproducing. So if you have 2 you then increase onto that another 2, equalling 4. If you have 1, you then increase onto that another 1, equalling 2. No?

It is interesting to think about, at least.

If you have an apple, and you have apple one times, you have one apple. 1x1 means 1 1's; 2x2 means 2 2's. If you have 1x2 you have 1 2's, or just 2.

I'm a mathematical idiot--I can't even remember how to do my long division--so the fact that even I know this should say something.

And I'm not exaggerating either when I call myself a mathematical idiot. I am routinely mocked by friends and family by how terrible I am at doing very basic addition or subtraction--counting on my fingers for example.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[ViaCrucis]

Anyone care to explain why Howard is wrong?

Seriously?

Like seriously?

-CryptoLutheran

 

[HitchSlap]

Seriously?

Like seriously?

-CryptoLutheran

ViaCrucis, meet Chiliman.
Chiliman, meet ViaCrucis.

 

[jacks]

Once I found out that the square root of a negative number is an imaginary number, I figured all math was suspect.

 

[ViaCrucis]

Once I found out that the square root of a negative number is an imaginary number, I figured all math was suspect.

Imaginary numbers are still numbers.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Abraxos]

 

[Armoured]

So according to Terrence Howard and his own brand of mathematics creatively titled "Terryology", 1x1 does not in fact equal 1 but equals 2. And apparently the square root of 2 is 2. Relevant info here,

"Since I was a child of three or four," he says, "I was always wondering, you know, why does a bubble take the shape of a ball? Why not a triangle or a square? I figured it out. If Pythagoras was here to see it, he would lose his mind. Einstein, too! Tesla!" He shakes his head at the miracle of it all, his eyes opening wide, a smile beginning to trace itself, like he's expecting applause or an award. And all you can do is nod your head and try to follow along. He just seems so convinced that he's right. And that he is about to change the world.

After high school, he attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, studying chemical engineering, until he got into an argument with a professor about what one times one equals. "How can it equal one?" he said. "If one times one equals one that means that two is of no value because one times itself has no effect. One times one equals two because the square root of four is two, so what's the square root of two? Should be one, but we're told it's two, and that cannot be."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/terrence-howards-dangerous-mind-20150914#ixzz4Cskkt4Jx

So has anyone seen him go into further detail about this madness? I am outrageously curious.

Bubbles are spherical because of surface tension and that's the most efficient shape for surface area:volume ratio.
1x1 = 1 because it's one lot of one. Not One and one.

Hppy to help.

 

[Armoured]

Once I found out that the square root of a negative number is an imaginary number, I figured all math was suspect.

negative numbers aren't imaginary numbers.

 

[crjmurray]

Bubbles are spherical because of surface tension and that's the most efficient shape for surface area:volume ratio.
1x1 = 1 because it's one lot of one. Not One and one.

Hppy to help.

I just assumed this was the way Kiwis did math.

 

[Armoured]

I just assumed this was the way Kiwis did math.

I know they can't count past eleven 'cos they run out of fingers

 

[Chriliman]

Seriously?

Like seriously?

-CryptoLutheran

It's okay, after thinking through it, I realized why Howard is confused. Someone just needs to explain it to him in a way he can understand, that's all

 

[Freodin]

Good point! Lets consider 3. 3x3=9. You have an amount of 3 and you multiply it 3 times, equalling 9. So basically we have 3+3+3, which equals 9.

Now lets consider 1. You have 1 and multiply it 1 time, you have 1. If you have 1 and multiply it 2 times, you have 1+1. So yes, 1x1 does equal 1 and 1x2 does equal 2. So Howard is in fact wrong, he just needs to think about it more.

You are still wrong. Might be because your math skills are a little dull... but it is quite easy to sharpen them.

Multiplication is bascially a repeated addition. 3x3 does not mean you "multiply it 3 times"... that would be "3x3x3" (27).
As you correctly identified, it is "3+3+3"... you add it three times.

This is also why it is possible (oh wonder!) to multiply different numbers. Say 3x4... you take the "3", add another "3", and another "3" and a fourth "3"... and add all these.

To go one step further, when you do this, you can also take "4", and add it just three times. It will get the same result.
In math-speak, it is said that multiplication is commutative. Addition, too, is commutative... you can do it in any order you want.

And so we can see why 1x1 isn't 2. You take 1. Just once. You do not add anything else. Just this single one.

 

[BryanMaloney]

No, but I think I can see where the confusion comes in. Multiply means to increase in number by reproducing.

No, it doesn't. Multiplying means you add up that many of the other number.

So, 2 times 1 means "What do you get when you add up one 2?"

5 times 3 means "What do you get when you add up five 3's?"

 

[AirPo]

Say 3x4... you take the "3", add another "3", and another "3" and a fourth "3"... and add all these.

Wouldn't it be 3x4 --> 3 times 4 --> (3 times) 4 --> 4 + 4 + 4?

 

[Freodin]

Wouldn't it be 3x4 --> 3 times 4 --> (3 times) 4 --> 4 + 4 + 4?

Yes, you could do that. But you could also say "3... times 4". The magic of maths!