Say It, See It
Two hand-lettered cards: in math, how we say something shapes how we see it, so simplifying is a way of seeing more clearly.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-01-01-say-it-see-it/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[1] "In math, how we say something determines how we see it."
[2] "To simplify is to say more clearly. And thus, to simplify is to see more clearly."