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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    11 months ago

    Forgot the algebra using fruit emoji or whatever the fuck.

    Bonus points for the stuff where suddenly one of the symbols has changed and it’s “supposedly” 1/2 or 2/3 etc. of a banana now, without that symbol having been defined.

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      11 months ago

      This meme is specifically about the implicit multiplication because the article it links to is about that too.

      But you are right there are a lot more “viral math” things than just the implicit multiplication problems 🤣