Fortune Cookies
Five fortune cookies with ordinary fortunes, each meant to be read with the mathematician's caveat '...at least in the linear case.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-09-26-fortune-cookies/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"Fortune cookies for mathematicians: [your fortune] + '...at least in the linear case.'"
"Your present plans are going to succeed." "Anything is possible with a willing heart." "You will conquer all obstacles." "Imagination is more important than knowledge." "Your ingenuity will bring fine results."