Is "you can't divide by zero" widely known?

One person in our house knew this
The other didn't

And one person feels as if they've known this pretty much forever and it's a pretty foundational thing

No arguments were had

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saw a youtube video about it and it made sense but it wasnt something i previously thought was possible just that it didnt make sense to consider.

Computer programs will throw an error if you try to divide by zero.

Computer programs will throw an error (exception) because it's undefined behavior. So, rather than doing something arbitrary like saying "x/0 = 0", a program simply leaves it up to the programmer to avoid situations where division by zero happens..


Sorry for the pedantry.

Source: software engineer who studied math

but then once we get to grammar I’m sure they could do the same to me

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Like a lot.
I’ve started to talk to her more about big brain stuff because she asked me to
And the other week she goes “I remember when we first started dating you told an ex told you that you made her feel stupid …”
And I was like “but I don’t think most people are stupid and I’d never call anyone stupid”

But that wasn’t her point.

All to say, I took that comment as a “tread lightly” warning on one hand and a “just have some perspective when you’re talking to us” on the other hand.

Because I so use far too many grown up words with my five year old. But I’m not working on it.

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They'll pick up those words and be better for it.

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I keep all of the technical terms in my head for specificity in my own thinking.

For example,
My kid asked today why the sky was multiple colors as the sun was rising.
Which has to do with composition of air, particles, rays, distance, atmosphere, etc.

So, I started off the conversation with atmosphere, and then walked her backwards from there.

Then walked her up from back.

So we started at atmosphere, got down to air being functionally invisible, from there went down to "can you see stinky breath", so if the air that comes from your body is made of things you can't see, and the air in the sky is made of thing you can't see ... if you shine a light through them it'll do different things.

Then I said that's the science story.

And then I told I fun story. That the sky can't talk to us because it's too far away, so sometimes when the sky is full of things it needs to tell us but needs help, sometimes it turns pink or blue or gray when it's sad. Sometimes it's cries rain or weeps snow, and sometimes it just let's the sun be yellow and says hello.

Then I said that's the fun story.

And that both stories can be true, that being curious can be fun.

And then I dropped them off at school

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“There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus

my wife loved using big ass words with the kids and they just look at her like “huh”

my wife is a dance professor so if a kid says my back hurts right here and she replies “you 3rd lumbar by the somatic muscle?” you lose the whole room.

Young Sheldon kids annoy me tho.. why are you talking like a 25 year old when you are 7?

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

and I’m smarter in other areas

We have a good balance. There are times I’m like “wait.. come again?”

and I have my blind spots as well where she gets to clown me.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

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"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do!" - Olin Miller

if you surveyed 100 random people. Especially if you phrased it non-obviously like "Think about z = (4x+2)/y. What is 'z' when y is 0?"


Especially from folks whose math education didn't go past calc/pre-calc. And even with calculus, you might have folks who confuse straightforward division with limits... since you can show that a function where division-by-zero happens can still have a defined limit

Not at all a dumb question, in my opinion

Someone coming up with it on their own would be very advanced.

But it is something taught in pre-algebra and algebra.

So maybe someone just didn't take a lot of math or was introduced to it once and never had to use it.

Unless you're doing maths for fun, or programming, you'll likely never run into it 'IRL.'

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