If you thought 8 ÷ 2(2+2) = ? was stupid and pointless, so did a lot of mathematicians.https://nyti.ms/2YKDk9f
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There is enough negativity about Mathematics without a Science reporter encouraging it, especially when a problem obviously interests people. This was your opportunity to talk in an interesting way about context free grammars and parse trees.
Read the article maybe? It tries explain what does make math fun and useful. It’s not the rules.