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jhellan | 4 years ago

I am guilty of having taught that to a five year old during a hiking trip. He is now an engineer.

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dylan604|4 years ago

I taught a 5 year old that 1 + 1 = 10, and they got in trouble at school for arguing with the teacher. Even after explaining that 1 + 1 = 10 in binary specifically, as the teacher was complaining to the parents "whatever that means". The parents asked me to be more careful with my "teaching".

moralestapia|4 years ago

I get your teacher was dumb, but technically it could be on the right side.

It all depends on whether you were writing it or saying it, "1 + 1 = 10" is true in binary but "one plus one equals ten" is not, not even in binary.

Archelaos|4 years ago

I was taught binary math in elementary school in the mid 70s. The problem was that they had to teach it to the parents too, unless the parents were not able to help their children with homework.