Simon Sinek
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Elliott Brandel :
Using a collection of anything and calling it one is the over simplification needed to make her experiment work. Being more specific collapses the point. One cloud is indeterminate. One square meter of cloud plus one square meter of cloud make two square meters of cloud. Specifics matter
2026-08-04 07:57:10
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The Fauzz :
If someone answers a simple question with “it depends”…walk away. Because they WILL be insufferable.
2026-08-02 20:44:37
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Chuck🍀Wiese :
Just Sad.
2026-08-03 01:01:22
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WIN.LXXXIV :
But she said 1+1 not cloud plus cloud. What is she even getting at?
2026-08-02 18:33:36
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Joey McQueeney :
thats why 1.5 plus 2.5 equals 4 and not just 2.5
2026-08-03 16:25:54
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Thayer :
This is sophistry, which happens when you use language to abuse scientific principles like math. If you’re combining two clouds to make one cloud, those two clouds become fractions of a cloud. They’re volume doubled even if you want to call it one cloud.
2026-06-11 18:18:58
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BurbanTV • Following :
3 piles of laundry + 85 piles of laundry = 1?
2026-08-03 16:11:24
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daxtonpage :
Linguistic trickery, not science.
2026-06-11 20:26:48
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Logan Cole Papen :
You are multiplying the piles of laundry and the clouds not adding them. So they become 1x1 which equals 1. The answer wasn’t wrong, the wording of the question was.
2026-06-11 15:38:09
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Phil :
I'm a scientist and I'm surprised if the amount of people who think so rigidly in the comment section that they totally miss the very logic she exposed. Her point is contextual and yes, sometimes you need more context to accurately answer a question that seems obvious.
2026-06-12 03:37:45
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Claudie 🌸⚜️🇨🇦 :
This comment section is an excellent example of how much people take issue in considering perspectives outside of their preferred one and how much everybody is so headstrong about claiming their own vision is the only "right one". Two things can be true people...
2026-06-12 20:44:17
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ShrimpFriedRice :
1+1=2 ALWAYS. There’s no scenario where 1+1 does not equal to 2
2026-06-12 09:12:39
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Andrew Thomas :
“Dr. Ellen Langer says every time you give an answer with absolute certainty, you’re emulating a robot” is a statement made with absolute certainty. wtf are we doing
2026-06-12 02:18:38
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️ :
that's because "cloud" or "pile" is not a measurable metric. It's a useful linguistic tool to describe things, but it's not mathematical.
2026-06-12 16:04:24
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Harun :
OMG. The legendary Dr Ellen Langer. Her body of work is nothing short of remarkable.
2026-06-13 09:31:37
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Craigy Baigy :
Her logic is flawed. 1 volume, plus 1 volume is 1 volume, but a larger volume. She's confusing countable nouns vs uncountable nouns.
2026-06-12 06:47:32
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NUFCbenARFA :
People in the comments are missing the point. yes 1+1=2, she isn't denying that. She is using it as an example of how context matters in things and why AI struggles. because robots don't care about context. Everything is fact even when its wrong.
2026-06-13 08:34:45
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Kyle Oickle :
the question you asked what 1 + 1 was. not cloud plus cloud
2026-06-12 21:15:28
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Authentiic :
It does my head in when people use language to distort things
2026-06-12 19:10:17
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Legacy_Red :
that's still two. you're adding an additional identifier. one cloud and one cloud is still too clouds but then you take the two clouds in your merging them into one cloud. but it's still one plus one is two.
2026-06-12 03:36:21
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Holden :
…nnnnno, 1+1=2.
2026-06-11 14:25:53
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Ken 🪶 :
Then maybe just be specific with your question??? Don’t ask some trick question like your witty or something… but I think Simon talks about this in why it’s important for effective communication and critical thinking
2026-06-11 14:35:40
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Fresh Prints :
Wrong. One pile of laundry, plus one pile of laundry equals some shit I ain’t doing. Let’s go out to eat.
2026-06-12 19:35:36
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AlmondwithaV :
False. The moment you add units you have shifted the proposition away from mere numbers. 1+1 numerically will always be 2. Changing the proposition to 1 X + 1 X does not change the original numerical proposition.
2026-06-12 01:04:08
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Chatum.Olam :
I’m still waiting for an example where 1+1 doesn’t equal 2
2026-06-12 10:34:23
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