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The Winston Smith Illusion

  By agshapiro December 14, 2016 November 29, 2023 Counting, Gestalt

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”

–Winston Smith’s journal in George Orwell’s 1984

But is 2+2=4 always true?

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… See Demonstration →

Tagged   Counting, Geometry, George Stiny, Gestalt
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