This hack would have the unfortunate side effect of making every addition with at least one term less than or equal to 3 and a result greater than 3 come out to 1 less than it’s supposed to, however.
I think it would even result in any addition with a term ≤ 3 and result > 3 come out to exactly 3, unless you have some sort of rule for S + SSS0 sometimes becoming SSSS0 instead of SSS0.
Note also that an enterprising soul can line up the two steps:
S0 + SSS0
0 + SSS0
And notice that they are confused, because the SSS0′s are identical, even though they shouldn’t be, because Sx + y = x + Sy was the rule applied and Sy ≠ y.
A brain hack that made all of this work is surely possible, of course, but it seems like it would have to be a bit more systematic.
I think it would even result in any addition with a term ≤ 3 and result > 3 come out to exactly 3, unless you have some sort of rule for S + SSS0 sometimes becoming SSSS0 instead of SSS0.
Note also that an enterprising soul can line up the two steps:
And notice that they are confused, because the SSS0′s are identical, even though they shouldn’t be, because
Sx + y = x + Sywas the rule applied andSy ≠ y.A brain hack that made all of this work is surely possible, of course, but it seems like it would have to be a bit more systematic.
That seems fair. Would you agree that my original point (that your grasp of logic stems from a physical brain and can be muddled) stands, though?