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I really don't get why you would need a mnemonic for a symbol that itself already is a mnemonic? How could it ever be confusing that big side is bigger than small side?
Because the arrow always points to the bigger number, silly. /S
She just wants to say she is writing a PhD thesis in theoretical physics.
Right? How hard is it to remember that it's an arrow that points at the biggest number? /s
Because everyone's brain is different and things that make intuitive sense for one person don't necessarily make the same sense to someone else.
Yes, and that's why they made the symbol portray what it means. I mean it's even more clear than the equal sign, yet I haven't heard of mnemonic's for that?
Because there aren't (in common use) multiple variations. If we used ≠ and ≈ to represent when the sum was arrived at via addition or subtraction, and only used = when you used both in the same equation, people would fuck that shit up all the time.
Also, you use the equal sign a lot more frequently in life. More exposure makes us remember better