Why do people say 2+2=5 when it answers 4 :)?

Question

it just doesnt make sense :)

Answer 1

because if 2+2=4 then it means that if you mix two thing the result cant be better than its element

Answer 2

And thats the point, it means they've got it wrong

Answer 3

Whos sais that? Thick people?

Answer 4

It could be a joke..or they have read 1984 by George Orwell..beats me though why people think that is funny.

Answer 5

When I trained to be a chartered accountant I was told that the correct answer to that question was whatever the client was paying for

Answer 6

IT doesnt make sense to me either

but that's a joke people like..

Answer 7

They're ignorant.

Answer 8

cause theyre abit dim ;)

like roberta friar ;)

LOL :)

Answer 9

noone has ever said that to me!!!!!!!! stange...

Answer 10

yea, it's so true!

Answer 11

thay say that because they are to stupid to now the answer x

Answer 12

could it be possible?

Answer 13

there are more than the facts involved in any equation !

Answer 14

In business there is a term used called synergy which means the the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Example: The combination of two companies creates a larger profit than the two individual companies would have made by standing alone.

Answer 15

If you put 2 and 2 together and make 5 it means you're jumping to conclusions

Answer 16

in order to understand...

better study deductive reasoning...

not all can solve that, man.

Answer 17

they're making a joke out of it. even if the joke is overused. =]

Answer 18

After careful analysis, it turns out that 2 does not equal 3, even for very large values of 2.

Answer 19

It could be- as other contributor alluded to - the scene in 1984 where O'Brien is trying to teach Winston Smith about mental obedience to the Party by seeing 5 fingers when there are really 4

Answer 20

Its an analogy. Its a way of saying that things don't add up. Or it doesn't make sense. That's why people use that phrase.

Answer 21

This is sometimes a reference to 1984, by George Orwell. The totalitarian government was determined to break the main character's spirit so he would believe anything they told him (or anyone else in the country) was true. They started with "2+2=5, not 4."