December 29, 2008
So Mariah Carey ISN’T a math-genius?…
Sense About Science, a charity focusing on the misrepresentation of science in society, pointed out that Mariah Carey misinterpreted the 2 in E=MC2 in her 2008 album title. While Mariah claimed the title represents “emancipation equals Mariah Carey times two”, mathematician Dr. David Leslie states: “The ‘two’ in the equation means C squared, not MC multiplied by two. The correct reading of the equation is E=MCC, so perhaps Mariah’s re-interpretation should have been ‘emancipation equals Mariah Carey Carey’?”
Well, let me just say how happy I am that they detected this grave error before Mariah could do any real damage.
Source: BBC
