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> "Mathematicians are always right."

A math professor once complained to me that all the cars in line should just go when the light turns green. I could tell this had been bugging him for a while....

Besides that example (that wasn't math related), do take the simple route and agree with the mathematicians, unless you wish to continue studying more and more nuanced math.

(posting here mainly to share the car story)



A math professor once complained to me that all the cars in line should just go when the light turns green.

That happens in Sydney


It happens in Italy, and woe unto you if you don't 'step on it' when the light turns green and you're the twelfth car in line.

For unsuspecting tourists traffic in Italy can be quite taxing.


This must be a different Sydney to the one I'm in...


I was coming from the airport to the hotel yesterday and the light turned green a bunch of times and no cars moved at all.




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