why does 1+1=2?

[MysteriousWeeb420]

that standard intuition is if you have one apple and you add another you have two apples

but what if you have a bucket of water and a bucket of salt and add them together? then you get 1+1=1 

or add fire to fuel you get 1+1=0 

or something like this: https://youtu.be/p5qvi20J5IM , 1+1=many?

addition is just the specific case of dealing with standard solids. we have only built math around this because it is the most common interaction in nature. but in general there are no rules

[Normal]

wrong again

[Altruist]

we have only built math around this because it is the most common interaction in nature

 

correct

gues what else was created and managed to survive in our heads for centuries in this manner

[Creatine made me bald]

Water and salt water are different inputs
1x+1y=/=2x

And the bucket serves as a limit of 1

[MysteriousWeeb420]

Water and salt water are different inputs
1x+1y=/=2x

And the bucket serves as a limit of 1

someone said this on looksmax

but I'm referring to visible size. two things of equal visible size added together create something of the same equal visible size

[Altruist]

i mean you dont have to be gauss to notice that axioms are just the next iteration of dogmas