Charles Seife Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception September 27, 2010

Proofiness is defined as the art of using nonsensical mathematical arguments--Cheerios increases your risk of being hit by a bus?!--to convince us of the veracity of things we know in our hearts to be false.

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