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This pretty much sums up america (and other english speaking nations) in this thread about a 3rd grade math problem for a few reasons:
1) It just shows how grossly unintelligent most people, especially americans, are that they arent even educated at a 3rd grade level or in the most basic of math.
2) It shows Dunning-kruger effect that has infected americans. Despite most people clearly not having a clue as to how to do this basic math problem these people getting the problem wrong are claiming to be math experts. Sorry but among those who studied math NO ONE would disagree on this problem
3) It shows how rampant lying is a huge issue in english speaking countries particularly when it comes to "being right" about pretty much everything. People claimed to have advanced math degrees and yet clearly couldnt even do a third grade math problem. I have never met ANYONE with such a degree who would disagree on this problem, no way.
Do americans and british even realize just how pathetic they look anymore, seriously?
@freemo@qoto.org I wonder this social network phenomenon as well, it's seem like just a few people (too few) knowing PEMDAS.
@cwt A lot of people in the thread seem to know the acronym pemdas itself. The problem is the acronym leaves out some subtle and important details but these people are applying it without understanding that, all they know is the acronym. Thats the problem. If you follow PEMDAS naively you'd get 1 which is wrong.
@freemo@qoto.org first thing I will teach my child when she grow up is that juxtaposition is no such thing in math.