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Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Math is not a democracy

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Math is not a democracy

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Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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    1 month ago

    The annoying prevalence of this meme suggests to me that an alarming number of people lack even a middle-school understanding of basic arithmetic.

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      It’s not arithmetic at all, it’s just about convention aka how to communicate math. The author didn’t make themselves clear enough so people misunderstand what calculation they mean.

      • 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.dev
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        29 days ago

        it’s just about convention aka how to communicate math

        They’re rules actually.

        The author didn’t make themselves clear enough

        Yes they did, someone screwed up the answers, just like in this book…

        misunderstand what calculation they mean

        There’s only 1 possible answer to it.

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          Sorry but there is no math government that can enforce rules, and the order of operations isn’t intrinsic either. It is just something people agreed upon volununtarily, aka a convention

          • 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.dev
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            21 days ago

            Sorry but there is no math government that can enforce rules

            Maths textbooks do. Try looking in some

            the order of operations isn’t intrinsic either

            Yes they are! 😂

            It is just something people agreed upon volununtarily, aka a convention

            Nope. Literally proven rules

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              16 days ago

              My dude sit in a university lecture for math majors.

              Your school books arent gospel

              • 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.dev
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                My dude sit in a university lecture for math majors

                You know I have a Masters in Maths, right? 🤣

                Your school books arent gospel

                Proofs are, and these things are very easy to prove 🙄

              • 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱@programming.dev
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                My dude sit in a university lecture for math majors

                You know I have a Masters in Maths, right? 🤣

                Your school books arent gospel

                Proofs are, and these things are very easy to prove 🙄

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