MathGate, or the Battle of Two Plus Two

<p>Just when you thought 2020 couldn&rsquo;t get any stupider or weirder: for over a month now, a battle has raged in some corners of the internet over the question of whether &ldquo;2+2=4&rdquo; is always true.</p> <p>The combatants, broadly speaking, are &ldquo;woke&rdquo; progressives (a.k.a. &ldquo;social justice warriors,&rdquo; a hackneyed but somewhat useful label) vs.<em>&nbsp;&ldquo;</em>anti-SJWs,&rdquo; sometimes linked to the Intellectual Dark Web. Neither side has covered itself in glory. But while some &ldquo;anti-SJWs&rdquo; have acted childishly and obnoxiously, I believe this absurd dust-up shows more serious problems on the progressive side.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/arc-digital/mathgate-or-the-battle-of-two-plus-two-ed4af5f32933"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>