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Mathematics of Cancel Culture by sahrngegba | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog, Sahr Ngegba, Technology
What is cancel culture? Cancel culture, a term coined by Anne Helen Petersen describes the phenomena of a person or a company being canceled. Canceled individuals/companies are typically seen as problematic and have multiple online articles written about them. The articles include personal information, such as past criminal records, family members, location history, and financial information provided by doxxing. Many of those canceled are later taken back into good standing by canceling their “cancel” status. So what does this have to do with mathematics? In mathematics, there’s a concept known as zero divisors. A zero divisor is an element of a set with no elements in common with another element of its set. This means that there is no way to cancel an element without it leaving the set. For example, zero divides all other set elements in real numbers by rendering them one less than their original value. However, this does not mean that every element has a zero divisor. For example, one can’t https://sahrngegba.org/mathematics-of-cancel-culture/
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