See, the idea of 2 as a solid-state integer, along with the calculation of 2 + 2 exclusively working out to the number 4, is frankly essentialist, for it does not account for unseen decimal points. Pi isn't strictly 3.14, is it? There are tens of thousands of points that come after it, but 3.14 is commonly privileged because it is convienient to the institutional structures that rely upon it for the purposes of calculation. The same applies to the number 2: in some cases, we may reveal a hidden .5 in both, a .4 in one and .1 in the other, or any particular hidden combination that demonstrably makes a number greater than 4. So, in some cases, 2 + 2 can, and sometimes must, equal 5.

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