Divide by Zero: Difference between revisions

To divide a number by zero is the one thing elementary math teachers tell you<ref>Sometimes, an elementary math teacher will insist that division by zero gives zero. They are wrong, although 0/0 ''is'' different than any other 0-division case.</ref> that you [[Lies to Children|simply cannot do]] (but as usual, Real Life is more complicated than elementary school; see [[Divide by Zero/Trivia|the Trivia section above]]). It led to a joke on [[Image Board|image boards]] <ref> actually, the meme is [[Older Than They Think|much older than that]]</ref> that if someone were to divide a number by zero, it would break reality. Someone making a suggestion that is severely unlikely is often compared to this. When [[Time Travel]] is involved, usually results in a [[Time Crash]] (and a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] for all involved). An [[Eldritch Abomination]] is something whose very nature is ''continuous division by zero itself''.