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 :)

    • Pulptastic@midwest.social
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      9 months ago

      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.

      • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        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.