Think of a number please. Add one, then subtract the original number minus one. The number you are now thinking of is two. (n+1)-(n-1)=2
Think of a number. Add 1. Subtract 1. You are now thinking of your original number! Ah, Grade 1. Good times, good times.
But what if you did not know the original number? Is it considered to be zero? Also... n+1-n=1 n+2-n=2 n+3-n=3 n+p-n=p
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In my post #5, that was exactly the case. I did not know your original number, yet I am certain you have arrived at it. You did go to grade school, right?
I was thinking of 6. If your equation always results in 2, there's no way it can tell you what number I was thinking. Think of a city --> the capital of France is Paris. Non sequitur.
I think the point he was making is that, at the end of the calculation, your answer was two, regardless of what your starting number was. It's still trivial. I suspect Counter is actually conducting a social experiment to see how trivial a topic he can start and still get traction in the form of responses. He's actually doing admirably well. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
In 1972, with Watergate looming on the horizon, Richard Nixon was re-elected by a landslide. One commentator suggested that America preferred a smart crook to an honest fool. I go by the same principle: If somebody would rather be seen as an honest fool than a smart crook, I take him at his word.