Regular vs. Algebraic Thinking
Two side-by-side panels: the same person admiring a celebrity on screen, first concretely, then in the language of algebraic generalization.
Content note: Mild: talks about a celebrity's 'hotness.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-regular-vs-algebraic-thinking/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Left, "Regular Thinking"] A (pointing at a TV): "That celebrity is a striking concrete example of hotness!"
[Right, "Algebraic Thinking"] A (arms raised): "That celebrity exhibits generalizable properties of hotness!"