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Teach Me of Primes

February 5, 2018Original blog post

A student calls math pointless until hearing that Google pays six-figure salaries and gives free ravioli. Instantly: "TEACH ME OF PRIMES."

Transcript

[1] "Math is so pointless. I don't know why anyone studies it." "Google pays 6-figure salaries and gives free ravioli."

[2] "TEACH ME OF PRIMES"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-02-05-teach-me-of-primes/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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