Calm Down, It’s Just Math

√2 2 = √ calm down calm down

A mathematical expression at the top shows a square-root fraction being simplified incorrectly, while a distressed-looking Albert Einstein is restrained by Stephen Hawking and another man below. The repeated “calm down” caption jokes about people panicking over a deliberately confusing or wrong math solution, making it useful as a reaction to absurd mathematical reasoning. EN: A mathematical expression at the top shows a square-root fraction being simplified incorrectly, while a distressed-looking Albert Einstein is restrained by Stephen Hawking and another man below. The repeated “calm down” caption jokes about people panicking over a deliberately confusing or wrong math solution, making it useful as a reaction to absurd mathematical reasoning.

• @afrosidemoon / 5322 2018-10-29