Straight Line: The Uncurved Curve

Straight Line: The Uncurved Curve
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Behold! Mathematical tautology at its finest! This professor just defined a straight line as "a curve which is uncurved" — essentially saying "this thing without curvature has no curvature." It's like defining water as "liquid that's wet" or calling sleep "unconsciousness where you're not conscious." Mathematicians love these circular definitions almost as much as they love pretending that π equals exactly 3 when the calculation gets too complicated! Next up: "A circle is just a polygon with infinite sides that forgot how to have corners."

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