Lots of Important Applications
A mathematician's 'important applications' turn out to be other theorems, not the real-world uses a student imagines.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-02-04-lots-of-important-applications/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"This theorem has lots of important applications."
[What Student Hears] "It's used to fly planes, perform surgeries, and bake the tastiest pastries known to science!"
[What Mathematician Means] "It's used to prove several other theorems!"