• FishFace@piefed.social
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    12 hours ago

    But to top it all off, if this was truely a law of mathematics, then show me a proof, theorem, or even a mathematical conjecture, about order of operations.

    Our friend doesn’t know what a mathematical proof is, and will instead try to give you an example in which he posits a real-world calculation, writes down an arithmetic expression for it according to one convention, interprets it with another, gets a different answer, and tells you this is “proof” that it’s wrong.

    When I explained to him how you could write down the expression according to a different convention, then interpret it with the same convention and get the same answer, he just denied, denied, denied, with no sign of understanding.

    • Our friend doesn’t know what a mathematical proof is,

      says person who doesn’t know enough about Maths to prove the order of operations rules, which literally anyone can do for themselves if they know all the operator and grouping symbols definitions 🤣🤣🤣

      will instead try to give you an example in which he posits a real-world calculation, writes down an arithmetic expression for it according to one convention, interprets it with another, gets a different answer, and tells you this is “proof” that it’s wrong

      I have no idea who you’re talking about, but it ain’t me! 😂

      writes down an arithmetic expression for it according to

      the definitions of the operators 🙄

      When I explained to him

      was precisely nothing

      how you could write down the expression according to a different convention, then interpret it with the same convention and get the same answer, he just denied, denied, denied

      What you mean is I actually proved you wrong about “different conventions” (noted you still don’t know the difference between conventions and rules), but you’re pretending it never happened 🙄