Variance of the difference of two Brownian motions

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For two random variables $X$ and $Y$ we know that the following holds regarding the variance

$$ \text{Var}(X \pm Y) = \text{Var}(X) + \text{Var}(Y) $$

We also know from the definition of Brownian motion $B$ that

$$ B(t+s)-B(t) \sim N(0, s) $$

These two statements clearly contradict each other since the former adds the variances while the latter subtracts them.

Why is that? A Brownian motion is also a random varible, so why doesn't it satisfy the first relation above?

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Your formula assumes that $X$ and $Y$ are independent. The general formula for non independent r.v. is $$var(X-Y)=var(X)+var(Y)-2cov(X,Y).$$ Since $cov(B(t),B(t+s))=\min(t+s,t)=t$ we have that $$var(B(t+s)-B(t))=t+s+t-2t =s.$$