{"id":3916,"date":"2016-05-25T02:45:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T18:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/25\/college-prep-algebra-textbook-will-convince-you-that-the-matrix-is-real\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T02:45:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T18:45:04","slug":"college-prep-algebra-textbook-will-convince-you-that-the-matrix-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/25\/college-prep-algebra-textbook-will-convince-you-that-the-matrix-is-real\/","title":{"rendered":"College prep algebra textbook will convince you that the Matrix is real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f96433%2fyvatytb\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/XENAkbMNF0fXSgusiYnyufMJTDs=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F96433%2FYVaTytB.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=College+prep+algebra+textbook+will+convince+you+that+the+Matrix+is+real&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F24%2Falgebra-textbook-picture-makes-no-sense%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F24%2Falgebra-textbook-picture-makes-no-sense%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>There are only a few things on the Internet that are so incredible, so improbable, so mind-blowing that they can stop you right in your tracks.<\/p>\n<p>One of these things comes from an old photo of a college prep algebra textbook, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mildlyinteresting\/comments\/2k6vrk\/the_students_in_my_textbook_are_holding_the\/\">uploaded to Reddit<\/a> about a year ago:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/24\/kid-funny-sats-test-response\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Kid has brilliantly cutting response to a test question<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/zDq3Xpu4FRWG2Ky9QKBQhMmLCC0=\/fit-in\/575x4096\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F96428%2FYVaTytB.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  reddit,  largecoinpurse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Look very closely at this image. 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Clasped in their young fingers are images of themselves, grasping more images of themselves, from here into eternity. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/24\/algebra-textbook-picture-makes-no-sense\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/textbook\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Textbook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/school\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">School<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/wtf\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Wtf<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/conversations\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Conversations<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/pics\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Pics<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1464114090' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1464114090'><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/kGjEgs5GIJ8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are only a few things on the Internet that are so incredible, so improbable, so mind-blowing that they can stop you right in your tracks. One of these things comes from an old photo of a college prep algebra &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/25\/college-prep-algebra-textbook-will-convince-you-that-the-matrix-is-real\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[761,754,1314,3034,1083],"class_list":["post-3916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-conversations","tag-pics","tag-school","tag-textbook","tag-wtf"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}