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Generalize (My Phone Is Gone)

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

After losing a phone, someone hears that a stranger once returned a friend's lost phone, fully charged. Nice, but it probably doesn't generalize.

Transcript

"Oh no. My phone is gone." "Don't worry. I lost mine once and a stranger returned it to me, fully charged!" "That's nice, but I'm not sure it generalizes."

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-generalize/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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