Scribbles
A toddler cheerfully explains their scribble; a mathematician struggles to explain a page of integral notation.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-10-13-scribbles/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"What's the difference between a mathematician and a toddler?"
Toddler (holding scribbles): "it's a bunny!"
Mathematician (holding a page of integral notation): "it's... well, picture a function continuous off a set of measure zero..."
[Caption] "The toddler can explain what the scribbles mean."