Two.

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  1. TheFrogger Banned Valued Senior Member

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    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
     
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  3. origin Heading towards oblivion Valued Senior Member

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    That is so not amazing.
     
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  5. TheFrogger Banned Valued Senior Member

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    ...but you were/are thinking of two!
     
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  7. Gawdzilla Sama Valued Senior Member

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    Are we amazed by internal combustion engines too?
     
  8. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

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    Think of a number.
    Add 1.
    Subtract 1.
    You are now thinking of your original number!

    Ah, Grade 1. Good times, good times.
     
  9. TheFrogger Banned Valued Senior Member

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    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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  11. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

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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?
     
  12. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    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.
     
  13. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

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    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.

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  14. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    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.
     
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  15. sweetpea Valued Senior Member

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    Yes, he was only expecting (n+1)-(n-1)=2 replies.
     
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