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#112: "2 + 2 = 5", An Introduction to Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground

#112: "2 + 2 = 5", An Introduction to Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground

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Twice two equals five! I swear!

Does man live and act out of spite? To defy the odds against him? To prove wrong all those who have subjected him with their calculated doubts? Today, ITA tackles Dostoyevsky's thought experiment/rebel statement "twice two equals five" from his novel Notes from Underground.

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Radiohead's "2 + 2 = 5"

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#112: "2 + 2 = 5", An Introduction to Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground

#112: "2 + 2 = 5", An Introduction to Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground

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