Cleo

Avery Emberly

Updated Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 5:56 AM CDT

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Chattafaukup

Actually fascinating. I wonder how she did it.

daojones75

This is the most interested I have ever been about math in my life. Also, I feel like some closure is needed here. Who the h*** was this evil genius?

Helixninja333

After being having "show you work" absolutely drilled into my subconscious, I completely understand why people would be absolutely furious with her. The why & how is always more important than the answer. Hell, my teachers would only take off a point or two if I did all the math right but messed up some basic algebra along the way. It's like code without commenting: you just don't do it.

PrastaryOrk

<puts a golden apple with inscription "To the most beautiful" on the table, refuses to elaborate, leaves, hilarity ensues>

FrostyRaptor

I'm slightly dyslexic, I thought the answer said "4 apricots" and knowing nothing of maths, just accepted that as an answer.

Corrodias

It's incredibly impressive, but the users were right in the sense that StackExchange has standards for what good answers are, and that is absolutely not a *good* answer, correct though it may be. It was also unverifiable without further information that other users had to come up with. Cleo makes for a fascinating story but ultimately did not help anyone.

kinkysexprofessor

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sam00ht

Good podcast about Cleo: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cleo-the-mysterious-math-menace1/

FauxFoxDude

I hope she's okay and something didn't happen. Even tho I only just learned of her existence right now lol.

Quizz25S

She's probably just a janitor at some ivy league college who hangs out in bars and swoops in to save the darling damsle from some jumped up unoriginal ivy league trust fund baby.

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