98% Innocent (PRO)Numbers are just abstract concept, there is no actual physical thing as a 1. It should be about perspective, conceptually speaking 1+1 does indeed add up to two. Even though 1 isn't an actual physical thing, it can still represent an object. For example, if you combine 1 clay ball with another clay ball. You would obviously have just 1 clay ball except the size will have increased. In this case 1+1=1, 1+1 can equal to anything, it doesn't have to be two.
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2020-05-04 00:44:35
| Speak RoundJackSprat (CON)Hello,
My opponent states that perspective and concept are missing from the notion of 1+1. They use a concept of two clay balls adding together, may equal one clay ball, however it is larger.
With reservation, I do not disagree with that statement.
"conceptually speaking 1+1 does indeed add up to two"
However, the debate subject is
"Why 1+1 Doesn't Equal To Two"
In order for my opponent's statement to apply, the debate subject cannot be absolute. The phrase "doesn't", is a contraction of "does not". That is an absolute condition.
Example:
"Jimmy does like cheese." We know Jimmy likes cheese."Jimmy doesn't like cheese". We know Jimmy does not like cheese."Jimmy doesn't usually like cheese." We now know that there are times when Jimmy does not like cheese.
In this debate, PRO set the debate up to be absolute, the same as the second example. However, they have admitted that in fact 1+1 does = 2.
Therefore the resolution is incorrect.
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2020-05-04 12:33:18
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2020-05-07 12:34:01
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