Democracy Memes

The eternal mathematical debate settled by Reddit upvotes! The first post claiming "0 ∈ ℕ" (zero is a natural number) gets 54 upvotes, while the opposing view "0 ∉ ℕ" (zero is not a natural number) gets downvoted into oblivion with -27. Mathematicians have argued about this for centuries, but who needs rigorous proofs when you have internet points? Democracy has spoken! Next up: solving the Riemann Hypothesis via Twitter poll.

The mathematical tragedy where 60.6% of people think -3² = 9 instead of -9. Order of operations isn't a popularity contest, folks. This is why peer review exists – to save us from ourselves. In mathematics, the negative sign applies after the exponent, so -3² means -(3²) = -(9) = -9. But hey, at least democracy works great for choosing pizza toppings... just not for evaluating mathematical expressions.