Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:38 pm
But two Wrights make an aeroplane!Toottoot wrote:"Two wrongs dont make a right" - Nan, 1987
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:02 pm
Two Right's Also Make A Left 
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:13 pm
Oh but they do!Toottoot wrote:"Two wrongs dont make a right" - Nan, 1987
Wrong = Negative
Right = Positive
when ever dealing with negativity we always seem to multiply.
Negative x Negative = Positive
Wrong x Wrong = Right
2Wrong = Right
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:29 pm
Summed: 1 wrong + 1 wrong = 2 wrongs
Multiplied: 1 wrong x 1 wrong = 1 wrong^2 (or 1 right maybe)
There are two groups of one wrongs, not one group of one wrongs.
If you need to multiply then you need to multiply 2 (n) x 1 wrong (1 wrong multiplied by a constant i.e. 2) = 2 wrongs.
Sorry Tyranus but you are wrong.
Multiplied: 1 wrong x 1 wrong = 1 wrong^2 (or 1 right maybe)
There are two groups of one wrongs, not one group of one wrongs.
If you need to multiply then you need to multiply 2 (n) x 1 wrong (1 wrong multiplied by a constant i.e. 2) = 2 wrongs.
Sorry Tyranus but you are wrong.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:52 pm
huh? 
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:19 pm
Toottoot read the first bit, I clearly defined a wrong as a negative and a right as a positive, and -2*-2=4, a negative *a negative = a positive.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:22 pm
Yes that bit is right. Its the multiplying bit I dont agree with - you need to add
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:22 pm
Seriously... turning wrongs and rights into mathematics? On a scale of 1 to 10, I score this argument a violet