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Some people think the natural numbers should start at zero, and get very worked up about this somehow being the "true", most logical, practical, etc. definition.

Some people think the natural numbers should start at one, and get equally worked up about this being the "true", most logical, most practical, etc. definition.

Unfortunately, to date -- and despite my vigorous letter-writing campaign -- the hidebound reactionaries that comprise the mathematical elite have rejected out of hand my elegant compromise position.

Apparently it "misses the point completely" and "wouldn't make any sense" and "1/2 isn't even an integer".

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“When people found out I was a math major they were always like, ‘Oh, I bet you can calculate numbers super fast!’ I would always tell them, 'Dude, I haven’t seen numbers in years.’”

— Transitions to Higher Math professor

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“Well this worked earlier… Let’s stop class here and just look at it tomorrow.”

— Multivariable Calculus professor

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Student: What's the use of these things in real life?

Abstract Algebra Professor: If you are asking that question, then you are in the wrong field.

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“It’s time we abandon this archaic crapfest known as the degree system.”

— Abstract Algebra professor, after a student answered a question in degrees

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“Please note, this exclamation mark is not a factorial. It’s just this result is… WOW! It’s exciting!”

— Real Analysis professor

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“Some of you were concerned I sound out of breath at the blackboard. I’m fit, I promise, I cycle to work every day! It’s just the math takes my breath away.”

— Linear algebra professor, discussing the results of the recent feedback survey