-2 + -2 = -4
But:
-2 x -2 = 4
This is utterly incomprehensible but the mathematicians have decided that it is so self-evident that it doesn't even need an explanation. And of course, there is no such word as "why" in Angel tongue.
Now, how can we humans use that to our advantage? Below a suggestion as to how we could make sense of it:
You know I'm wrong as I know you're wrong.
Mathematically that makes us two minuses, right?
But it only takes an x (times) some other minus number, for example -1 to make -2 positive!
And then being in the wrong can actually turn out to be quite alright!
But:
-2 x -2 = 4
This is utterly incomprehensible but the mathematicians have decided that it is so self-evident that it doesn't even need an explanation. And of course, there is no such word as "why" in Angel tongue.
Now, how can we humans use that to our advantage? Below a suggestion as to how we could make sense of it:
You know I'm wrong as I know you're wrong.
Mathematically that makes us two minuses, right?
But it only takes an x (times) some other minus number, for example -1 to make -2 positive!
And then being in the wrong can actually turn out to be quite alright!
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