Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2009-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 205 Sheldon, Walter J. 1917 1996 Sheldon, Walt Sheldon, Walter James Two Plus Two Makes Crazy Produced from Fantastic Universe March 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Two Plus Two Makes Crazy" by Walter J. Sheldon is a satirical short story written in the early 1950s. The book explores the consequences of an overreliance on technology, particularly through the character of a human liaison working with a vast, infallible computer system. The story critiques a future society that blindly trusts mathematical certainties, suggesting that this reliance can lead to absurd outcomes and a breakdown of rational thought. In the narrative, Krayton, a public liaison officer in Computer City, explains the computerized system that governs various societal functions, addressing the fears posed by underground groups questioning the computer's control over their lives. Mr. Tanter, a seemingly unassuming man, challenges Krayton's assertions and injects doubt about the computer's infallibility. As he poses a thought-provoking question—whether "two plus two" is actually equal to "three plus one"—the computer becomes overloaded, illustrating that rigid adherence to numerical logic can lead to chaos. Ultimately, the story draws attention to the dangers of substituting human judgment with cold mechanistic calculations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 35643 2025-06-12T05:04:22.529775 text/html 31557 2021-01-05T03:31:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 12344 2021-01-05T03:31:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 92858 2025-06-12T05:04:28.207772 application/epub+zip 91650 2025-06-12T05:04:25.693781 application/epub+zip 68751 2025-06-12T05:04:24.502775 application/epub+zip 206139 2025-06-12T05:04:30.499768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199176 2025-06-12T05:04:27.353775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153574 2022-09-13T11:53:11.838806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29678 2025-06-12T05:04:22.274788 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29469 2021-01-05T03:31:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11302 2021-01-05T03:31:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18954 2025-06-12T05:04:30.811758 application/rdf+xml 14928 2025-06-12T05:04:25.061776 image/jpeg 4046 2025-06-12T05:04:24.785762 image/jpeg 91673 2025-06-12T05:04:22.535776 application/octet-stream application/zip