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https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What the heck are you all fighting about? It’s BODMAS.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'd would be great if you find the time to read the post and let me know afterwards what you think. It actually looks trivial as a problem but the situation really isn't, that's why the article is so long.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was being facetious. I will try to find the time to read the post, but I know already that the problem isn’t trivial. It involves, above all else, human comprehension, which is a very iffy thing, to say the least.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Oh sry. I'm one of those people who are to stupid to detect sarcasm in text comments, unless it's very obvious. Probably a combination of it actually being a hard problem and me not being a native speaker.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

It actually looks trivial as a problem

Because it actually is.

that’s why the article is so long

The article was really long because there were so many stawmen in it. Had you checked a Maths textbook or asked a Maths teacher it could've been really short, but you never did either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

They're arguing about whether Distribution is Multiplication or not. Spoiler alert: it isn't, it's Brackets.