The Double Standards Of Mathematics

The Double Standards Of Mathematics
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The duality of mathematicians is pure genius! The top panel shows the absolute panic when confronted with division by zero—complete with "field axioms" and "runtime error" labels because that operation breaks the fundamental rules of arithmetic.

Meanwhile, the bottom panel shows the chill acceptance of square root of negative one. Instead of freaking out, mathematicians just casually invented an entire number system (complex numbers) with i = √-1 as the imaginary unit.

It's basically math saying: "Divide by zero? ABSOLUTELY NOT, THE UNIVERSE WILL IMPLODE!" but then "Square root of negative one? Sure, we'll just make up some imaginary numbers. No biggie."

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