Woke Maths: Are numbers racist? | James Lindsay

Anti-woke mathematician James Lindsay explains why 2 + 2 matters. In an Orwellian world, some people have started to claim it equals five, and that to say it equals four would be racist. He shows how it could actually equal 11!

James Lindsay is known for his Grievance Studies prank with Helen Pluckrose and Peter Boghossian, where they used fake papers to show bias in academia.

Chapters:
0:00 What is 2+2
0:22 The story behind this is James' fault
1:20 What woke people would say about 2+2
2:00 Can it EVER make 5?
2:45 NYTimes Mag gets involved
4:10 Could it equal 11?