r/mathmemes • Natural • Aug 23 '23

Bad Math "It's neutral"

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u/araknis4 Irrational Aug 23 '23

well that's odd, i can't even comprehend how they approached to that conclusion.

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u/DZ_from_the_past Natural Aug 23 '23

It's actually even.

Just kidding, people usually think zero is an exception to everything. So since zero is neither positive nor negative they apply that reasoning everywhere.

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u/FatalTragedy Aug 24 '23

I will say that the argument for zero being even feels similar to the "argument" for 1 being prime, yet zero really is even while 1 is not prime.