Math Is More Dangerous Than I Thought
Students emerge from the "limit lab" with injuries and a proof that 0 = 1. Limits, mishandled, are dangerous.
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[Bandaged students] "Looked what we proved in the limit lab!" "All these cool formulas!" "Also, that 0 = 1! Neat, right?" "Math is more dangerous than I thought…."
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-10-08-math-is-more-dangerous-than-i-thought/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)