This is a nice one and it’s absolutely scientifically proven. It’s the proof that 2 + 2 isn’t always 4. When we’re working with relativity we see that 2 + 2 = 2.769
Impossible? Here’s the proof:
Imagine two spacecrafts moving towards or away from each other, each has a speed of 200,000 km/sec. The question is: what’s their relative speed? or how much is the speed of spacecraft 2 as seen from spacecraft 1? In normal conditions we see that the relative speed of two objects moving in opposite directions is the sum of both speeds. For instance: two cars moving away from each other with a speed of 120km/h have a relative speed of 240km/h. However, if we do this here we would get 400,000 km/sec, which is impossible due to the limit of the speed of light which is almost 300,000 km/sec. And the speed of light can never be crossed (as far as we know). Two plus two can’t make four here. Einstein developped a formula to calculate the relative speeds when working with relativistic conditions:
Relative Speed = [Speed(A) + Speed (B)] / [1 + [(Speed (A) * Speed (B)) / (Speed of light)^2] ]
Fill in the data and you’ll get 276,923.08 km/sec, so 2+2=2.769