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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Me aged 16 having imaginary numbers taught. It simultaneously made sense but didn't. Thankfully our maths teacher laughed with us at our jaw drops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

let's be honest.

they could have called it complex numbers and it would save the teachers a lot of questions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think you may be unaware of how majestically terrible mathheads are at naming things

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if they were good with words they wouldn't be doing maths

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Feynman was good with both...

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