I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
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For what it's worth, people actually taking the time to explain helped me see the error in my reasoning.
There’s no problem at all with not understanding something, and I’d go so far as to say it’s virtuous to seek understanding. I’m talking about a certain phenomenon that is overrepresented in STEM discussions, of untrained people (who’ve probably took some internet IQ test) thinking they can hash out the subject as a function of raw brainpower. The ceiling for “natural talent” alone is actually incredibly low in any technical subject.
There’s nothing wrong with meming on a subject you’re not familiar with, in fact it’s often really funny. It’s the armchair experts in the thread trying to “umm actually…” the memer when their “experience” is a YouTube video at best.
And don't you worry, that YouTuber with sketchy credibility and high production values has got an exclusive course just for you! Ugh. Lol
I don't know why you see it as an error. It's the format of the meme. The guy in the middle is right, the guy on the left is wrong. That's just how this meme works. But the punchline in this meme format is the the guy on the right agrees with the wrong guy in an unexpected way. I'm with the guy on the right and no appeals to Schröder–Bernstein theorem is going to change my mind.