Since we'll be doing a bit of math today in class (plus this video kind of makes me think of how climate change science is debated)

In my hunt for things to incorporate in a lecture later today, I came across this great video (Ma and Pa Kettle) on the mathematics divide.

In the end, I won't actually be using it, but hey, I wonder if it also feels about right to those continually addressing the skeptics.

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I'm using that in my thesis defense. Don't try to stop me.

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