The Great Mathematical Civil War

The Great Mathematical Civil War
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The internet's favorite pastime: watching people fight over basic math! The equation "6+6+6+6×0=" has a clear answer of 18 because of the order of operations (PEMDAS). Multiplication before addition means the 6×0=0, then add up the three 6's.

But watch as mathematical chaos ensues! Some folks ignore PEMDAS entirely and calculate left-to-right (getting 0), while others somehow conjure up answers like 6 or 11 from the mathematical void. It's like watching people argue whether water is wet while the mathematicians in the corner are having aneurysms.

Nothing unites the internet quite like confidently incorrect math. Next up: debating whether 0.999... equals 1 or if we should just burn all the textbooks and start over.

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