[Avodah] reality

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

http://www.jewswithquestions.com/index.php?/topic/115-scales-fins-and-the-suns-orbit/page__p__290#entry290 
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in general, whenever Chazal make a scientific statement, they are not 
talking about the observable universe but rather the "real" universe. What 
we - and the scientists - see is only a graphic user interface, so to 
speak. The real world - the real sun, real moon, real earth - is not 
observable by current scientific means. Chazal were talking about the real 
world when they spoke. I'd recommend this Shiur    [  link  available 
there]  for a full treatment.

Therefore, the Jewish sages were talking about the "real" universe, which 
indeed behaves exactly as the Chachmei Yisroel described. The non-Jewish 
scholars were arguing with limited information, i.e. with what their 
scientists could see on the "outside," GUI world. We agree that on the 
outside, it would appear the way they say. But the Chachmei Yisroel saw 
deeper, they saw into the real world and there, their description is 
correct.  

-----  it would seem to me  that  if  eg  chazal  say  2+2=  5 ,  and our 
reality sees the metzius as  2+2=4  , it still equals  5  .  this  implies 
 chazalic observations are ALWAYS  correct , it may on a more metaphysical 
or medrashic  plane . 

my question is  in general the thinking  about the now  banned  approaches 
to chazals  that don't   fit.    is it that  believing  2+2=4  is 
inherently assur  ;  or  is it  a slippery slope, that 2+2 =4   would lead 
to mixed dancing  as the old joke goes?
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