Eight Equals Three Math Meltdown

😭 😭 😭 8 * 8 = 4 + 4 * 4 + 4 4 + 4 * 4 + 4 = 6 * 4 6 * 4 = 3 * 2 * 4 3 * 2 * 4 = 3 * 8 Thus 8 * 8 = 3 * 8 8 = 3 Calm down!

A humorous math meme shows a nonsensical chain of equations ending with “8 = 3,” while Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein appear to restrain an agitated man and tell him to calm down. The joke is that incorrect algebra is presented with absurd confidence, as if famous scientists must physically stop someone from panicking over the result. It is used as a reaction to faulty logic, confusing calculations, or an argument that has gone completely off the rails.

• @afrosidemoon / 5871 2018-11-16