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When Reddit Argues Over Math

When Reddit Argues Over Math
Nothing ignites internet warfare quite like an ambiguous math expression! The equation "1+1×0" has spawned a bell curve of intelligence where both the lowest and highest IQ individuals confidently declare "It's 0!" while the average folks insist "It's 1!" This is the perfect illustration of the horseshoe theory of mathematical understanding—where people who never learned order of operations and people who overthink simple problems somehow reach the same wrong conclusion. Meanwhile, the 34% in the middle who remember PEMDAS from 5th grade are smugly correct but insufferably pedantic about it. And thus mathematics, which should be the most objective discipline, continues to cause more online bloodshed than politics and religion combined.

Why Do We Keep Getting Made Fun Of?

Why Do We Keep Getting Made Fun Of?
The eternal turf war between mathematicians and statisticians continues! This meme perfectly captures the hierarchy of statistical sins according to "pure" mathematicians. First level: "Statistics is not real maths" - the classic elitist view from theoretical mathematicians who look down on applied fields. Second level: "Statisticians sold their soul to work in finance" - even worse, they're using their powers for *gasp* money instead of pure academic pursuit! But the final boss that sends mathematicians into rage mode: "Probability for any event is 0.5, it either happens or it doesn't" - the statistical equivalent of nails on a chalkboard that makes anyone with even basic probability knowledge want to flip a table. There's a 100% chance this statement will trigger statisticians everywhere!