Linear Algebra: Humanity's Greatest Achievement

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Linear Algebra: Humanity's Greatest Achievement

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Someone's clearly been transforming matrices before breakfast! The username "angryfermion" with a Spider-Man avatar declaring undying love for linear algebra is peak physicist energy. Linear algebra—that beautiful system that lets us manipulate vectors, solve simultaneous equations, and basically powers everything from quantum mechanics to machine learning algorithms—getting the recognition it deserves! Meanwhile, minor human achievements like, you know, landing on the moon or developing vaccines are just sitting in the corner feeling inadequate. Matrix multiplication trumps moon landing, apparently. The determinant of this opinion is definitely non-zero!

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