Even if we grant that some hypothetical reaction may pull matter out of the air that's still 5 total grams when you include whatever nitrogen or whatever gets sucked in. That is not even to say, of course, that such a reaction exists in the first place.
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Replying to @Gent_Sausage
It's because the mantissa of "2 grams" isn't visible, it's below the level of precision being measured, therefore the quantities get rounded down separately and get rounded up when combined It's not really that hard
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Gent_Sausage
I can't believe this argument is actually still going on! This is a good tweet though.
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Replying to @Gent_Sausage @arthur_affect
Explaining a simple route to 2+2 being 5 by talking about precision of measurements isn't delusional. It's a pretty obvious and understandable concept.
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If your precision is in grams, and you measure 2.3 grams, it will be rounded down to 2 grams. If you add 2.3 grams to 2.3 grams, the resulting 4.6 will be rounded up to 5 grams. It's really simple.
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Replying to @JackJackington @arthur_affect
Your inadequate and imprecise observations have no bearing on reality
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Replying to @Gent_Sausage @JackJackington
"Inadequate and imprecise observations" are, however, the only thing we have available in order to build the entirety of our scientific understanding of the world we perceive
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JackJackington
"The sum of 2 and 2 IS 4" is not refuted by "our 2's might not be exactly 2" If it's not actually 2 then it's sum is of course not actually 4. This does nothing to change the fact that actually-two plus actually-two equals four
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The thing is nothing is "actually 2" in the real world, it's impossible
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