2 + 2 = 5

Appearances Are Not Always What They Seem...

Those who spend their lives dwelling in the abstract are well aware of this maxim. If one is convinced that 2 + 2 = 5, then that is proof alone. Are we right? Probably not. Or is this some sort of Gestalt whole greater than the sum of its parts equation designed by motivational speakers for a conceptual breakthrough? Probably not. Is it a song by Radiohead? Yes, this much we can establish.

2Well, now I know where all the departed quantities went to -- the right-hand side of this equation.2
-- Bishop Berkeley

100% Cotton heavyweight black tshirt with the mathematical equation 2 + 2 = 5 written in a chalkboard font. Beneath this equation in parenthesis is for extremely large values of 2.