Quote:
2 bananas * 2 bananas = 4 bananas^2


As a mathematical answer, I have no problem with this, but:

(4 bananas^2)/4 = 1 banana^2, I think.

Would I be spoiling an academic discussion if I were to ask what, in the real world (whatever that is), is the distinction between: a banana and a banana^2?

There never was nothing.