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E = mc (Footnote #2)

December 3, 2019

Someone mistakes the exponent in E = mc² for a footnote marker.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-12-03-e-mc/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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A (holding a sign "E = mc"): "Can you explain what Einstein meant by this equation?" B: "Uh… aren't you missing something?" A: "You mean Footnote #2? Is that where Einstein explained everything?"

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