Terryology goes back to Howard's college days. The future actor was studying chemical engineering at Pratt — but dropped out when he realized that he fundamentally disagreed with his professors about the basics of math. The argument focused on the simple equation of one times one.
"How can it equal one?" Howard asked Rolling Stone, and the universe. "If one times one equals one that means that two is of no value because one times itself has no effect. One times one equals two because the square root of four is two, so what's the square root of two? Should be one, but we're told it's two, and that cannot be."
Good thing Howard didn't need that engineering degree. He eventually made his way up in Hollywood, receiving an Oscar nomination for Hustle & Flow. He seemed unstoppable — until stories about Howard being difficult to work with, coupled with an increasing public awareness of his history of domestic violence, torpedoed his career.
"There's nothing worse than being a broke movie star," said the actor.
So he focused his attention on Terryology, devoting up to 17 hours a day to cutting up wires and plastic to form building-block-like contraptions he believes will bring truth to the universe. He's created his own symbols so no one can steal his ideas; patents are involved.
"This is the last century that our children will ever have been taught that one times one is one," he told Rolling Stone. "They won't have to grow up in ignorance. Twenty years from now, they'll know that one times one equals two. We're about to show a new truth. The true universal math. And the proof is in these pieces. I have created the pieces that make up the motion of the universe. together."
When the magazine came to Howard's home to observe him for the profile, Howard and his wife, Mira Pak, acted as if they were living harmoniously as a couple. It's since come to light that they've actually been living separately since August 2014.
Easton Long
old, slowpoke, kys
Hudson Hill
Multiplication as equal groups, son.
Landon Ross
>So he focused his attention on Terryology, devoting up to 17 hours a day to cutting up wires and plastic
I do this for fun, but is it normal behavior?
Connor Evans
Thanks for the breaking news faggot.
Angel Bennett
I don't think he knows what "times" means. It's short hand for the very simple concept of counting. The reason 1 x 1=1 and not 2 is because it's shorthand for the concept that 1 = 1. 1 one time is one. 1 two times is 2. It seems slightly overly complicated when you're dealing with such simplistic numbers, but it's highly valuable when you're dealing with more complicated arithmetic. 2 x 2=4 because you're counting 2 twice. 748 x 312= 233376 because you're counting 748 three hundred twelve times.
I can't believe I actually just had to type that. This man is an idiot.
David Lewis
>so what's the square root of two? Should be one, but we're told it's two, and that cannot be.
is this a joke?
Easton Gomez
>teaching monkeys math
Biggest joke of the modern world
Ryder Murphy
he's right though.
in order two multiply 1 by 1, you have to have to 1s, therefore it's 2
Jonathan Cox
dont post
Aiden White
I bet Don Cheadle knows 1x1=1
Easton White
>nothing worse than being a broke movie star >literally nothing worse This privileged faggot jesus christ, what a dumb fuck
David Howard
you know I'm right
Ethan Green
what does he think 2x1 3x1 4x1 5x1 etc mean? it's literally a number taken one time
Samuel Jenkins
lmfao
Joshua Bailey
Being a broke movie star, with a literal micropenis and brain that doesn't work is definitely worse.
Christopher Cox
I'm not sure. This would only make sense if to start off with you really didn't have a firm hold on basic math concepts and then you got really REALLY high.
Lincoln White
Ayo FUCK maffs yo, dat be da white devil lies n shiet
Jaxon Ramirez
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Jose Fisher
If I give you one apple one time, how many apples did I give you?
If I give you one apple 2 times, as in on two separate occasions I gave you one apple, how many apples did I give you?
If I give you two apples one time, as in on one single occasion I gave you two apples, how many apples did I give you?
Somebody please pass this along to Terrence, he needs it.
Nathaniel Hernandez
He's clearly schizophrenic
Lincoln Smith
did you just whitesplain basic math to him you fucking racist
Parker Taylor
we don't have the privilege of fresh fruit in the inner city asshole
Mason Mitchell
Just so we're clear, so this doesn't get racist- I'm black. This guy is just a moron.
Adrian Davis
Maybe he is so smart that he can`t understand basic concepts.
Brayden Morris
So how did he get through high school in the first place? Free diploma thanks to affirmative action?
Jaxson Hall
I actually understand what he's trying to say.
1 x 1 = 1
But in Terry's head:
1x1 is equal to two 1s
But by that logic, shouldn't it be 3 ones? Or in fact, 5 ones, because we're seeing each individual number as one?
The problem arises when imaging that 1 doesn't equal 1, but some qualitative (+1), which isn't the same thing at all.
1 is 1, essentially. But in Terry's head, 1 x 1 is equal to 2. It doesn't make him correct, obviously.
Aiden Ramirez
oh wow
Landon Barnes
>tfw too smart to do basic mathematics
Kayden Walker
>Howard and his wife, Mira Pak, acted as if they were living harmoniously as a couple. It's since come to light that they've actually been living separately since August 2014.
never stick your pussy in crazy
Kevin Collins
SLAMMMIN!
Daniel Wilson
Zero times two is zero since he's not in Ironman 2.
William Morgan
The problem is that he's visualizing these numbers as objects to be counted literally.
So by writing it down he notices he wrote down "1" two times so that has to be "2" lol.
Robert Torres
So he doesn't understand basic multiplication.
I mean, I thought I resented his acting career, but the fact that he didn't go on to be a engineer and design some shit I drive over is a big relief now.
Jaxon Barnes
The real question is how come such an idiot went to study chemical engineering in the first place.
Tyler Taylor
tl;dr stupid nigger says some nigger shit
Austin Torres
>"There's nothing worse than being a broke movie star," said the actor. I unironically think this is the dumbest thing he's quoted as saying in the OP
Cooper Murphy
Every time I hear this, I can't help but laugh
Jayden Hill
There's only one Terryology I believe in
Nicholas White
He didn't.
>Though he did not complete his engineering degree, Howard thinks of himself as an engineer and intends to return one day to complete the "three credits"[20] of which he is currently short.[8][21][22][23] Howard's account of his educational history has not been confirmed; Pratt Institute, which he says he attended, closed its engineering degree program in 1993.[24] On February 26, 2013, Howard said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that he had earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from South Carolina State University that year. Although he was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from SCSU in 2012, he never attended the university and never earned a degree in chemical engineering.[22]
Luis Foster
>If I give you one apple 2 times, as in on two separate occasions I gave you one apple, how many apples did I give you? one apple