• More people evaluate 2+3x4 incorrectly than 2+(3x4)

    The people who have forgotten the rules of Maths, and the mnemonics even! 😂

    So, no, your answer does not hold up to my observed reality

    So try observing a real Maths textbook then. Students have no trouble at all with this, only adults who’ve forgotten the rules.

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      Adults who have forgotten the rules who I work with and read/write code where it’s important. In the real world.

      This is like some pure maths vs real life engineering cliché.

      You’re either being deliberately obtuse or you’re painfully naive.

      • Adults who have forgotten the rules who I work with and read/write code where it’s important

        And as a consequence of that, MathGPT is the only e-calc which gives correct answers to order of operations! 😂

        This is like some pure maths vs real life engineering cliché

        It’s a Correct Maths vs. Programmers who have forgotten the rules cliche

        You’re either being deliberately obtuse or you’re painfully naive

        Neither, I’m a Maths teacher

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          I like and respect teachers, but I’m a software developer and I’m telling you that adding extra parenthesis often adds clarity and makes the whole process smoother. You exist in a whole other context that has norms and assumptions that do not apply to what I’m talking about.

          You being technically correct is irrelevant.