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That something appears to be your understanding of mutiplication. Or sarcasm if that is what you were going for.
Did somebody hijack your account?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.
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.
Once I found out that the square root of a negative number is an imaginary number, I figured all math was suspect.
Bubbles are spherical because of surface tension and that's the most efficient shape for surface area:volume ratio.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.
negative numbers aren't imaginary numbers.Once I found out that the square root of a negative number is an imaginary number, I figured all math was suspect.
I just assumed this was the way Kiwis did math.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 know they can't count past eleven 'cos they run out of fingersI just assumed this was the way Kiwis did math.
Seriously?
Like seriously?
-CryptoLutheran
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.
No, but I think I can see where the confusion comes in. Multiply means to increase in number by reproducing.
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