If you put 2 and 2 together you get 4 — the arithmetic truth. But if you place them side by side, as two Fisher-Price numbers, you get 22 — the symbolic truth. This simple contrast shows that meaning depends not only on quantity but on arrangement, context, and perception. Arithmetic joins, while symbolism concatenates. Between these two ways of “putting together,” a new form of computation emerges — one that unites number, language, and consciousness into a single repeated field.