2+2 = 4

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Since 2+2=5 took over twitter, I've watched as "academics" and "educators" used rhetorical tricks to blow smoke at people and make them feel stupid.

It is unfair, unkind, and it ends today.

If you felt stupid, don't feel bad. You can understand, and I'll help.

A thread:

— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) August 9, 2020

For the past month or so, my TL has been consumed with a battle to defend commonsense arithmetic, led by the seemingly indomitable James Lindsay and his allies. On the other side? Educators and supposed mathematicians who insist that 2+2 does not always equal 4 -- who, in fact, insist that first grade math is a tool of hegemonic power and white supremacy.

Yes, you read that correctly.

That this has actually become a genuine front in our culture war - that many supposedly credentialed individuals are so readily confusing the symbols (which are technically arbitrary) for the physical concept (which is not) - is yet one more telling sign of how corrupted academia has become. 

If you are also watching this nonsense unfold on social media, do yourself a favor: read the thread above -- and then read James Lindsay's write-up below. 

2+2 Never Equals 5

As the kids say, we need a complete and total shutdown of higher education until we can figure out what the hell's going on.