Obfuscatory Anti-Explanation
A mathematician frowns at a baffling proof; a colleague suggests it can be both wrong and unreadable.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-05-12-obfuscatory-anti-explanation/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A (holding a paper): "This proof is either totally wrong, or it's a triumph of obfuscatory anti-explanation."
B: "Don't be so narrowminded. Maybe it's both."