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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] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I did read the article. I am commenting that I have never encountered strong juxtaposition and sharing why I think it is a poor choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You probably missed the part where the article talks about university level math, and that strong juxtaposition is common there.

I also think that many conventions are bad, but once they exist, their badness doesn't make them stop being used and relied on by a lot of people.

I don't have any skin in the game as I never ran into ambiguity. My university professors simply always used fractions, therefore completely getting rid of any possible ambiguity.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

You probably missed the part where the article talks about university level math,

This is high school level Maths. It's not taught at university.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I have never encountered strong juxtaposition

There's "strong juxtaposition" in both Terms and The Distributive Law - you've never encountered either of those?