Differentials Are Fractions, Change My Mind

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Differentials Are Fractions, Change My Mind

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The eternal battle between mathematicians and physicists in one perfect meme! Mathematicians are having a complete meltdown because physicists keep treating differentials (dy/dx) like fractions and just... multiplying both sides by dx. The horror!

What's even funnier is that physicists don't just get away with this mathematical heresy—they get correct answers! They're casually separating variables, integrating both sides, and solving differential equations while mathematicians are crying into their rigorously defined epsilon-delta proofs.

The "go brrrrrrrrrr" at the bottom is the chef's kiss. It's basically physicists saying "our method works, deal with it" while mathematicians are having an existential crisis. Pure math vs. applied math warfare at its finest!

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