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The mathematical holy war we didn't know we needed! This bell curve meme brilliantly captures how understanding of polynomials follows the intelligence distribution. The average folks (middle of the curve) are confidently wrong, insisting "a polynomial is NOT a function" with that panicked face. Meanwhile, both the left and right tails—representing either blissfully simple or galaxy-brain intelligence—correctly understand that polynomials are indeed functions.
It's the perfect illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect in math education. The beginners and experts agree, while those with just enough knowledge to be dangerous are busy making angry forum posts about definitions they misunderstood in Algebra II.
