What you need to understand is getting into advanced mathematics is like hanging out with a bunch of stoners

MATHEMATICIAN 1: Hey
MATHEMATICIAN 2: Wha
M1: You know how like… in an irrational number… the digits after the decimal… they go on forever
M2: Yeah
M1: Like they just go on forever
M2: I know man
M1: Well what if they went on forever to the left
M2: What
M1: What if there was a number… and it went on forever after the decimal… and also forever before the decimal
M2: Duuuuude
M1: Duuuuude

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