2 + 2 = 5
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example of Party logic presented in 1984
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- mathematical fallacy
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- Nineteen Eighty-Four
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- 2 + 2 = 5
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Encyclopedic overview
Two Plus Two Make Five (1895), by Alphonse Allais, is a collection of absurdist short stories about anti-intellectualism as politics.
2 + 2 = 5 or two plus two equals five is a mathematical falsehood which is used as an example of a simple logical error that is obvious to anyone familiar with basic arithmetic.
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