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by dahart 3881 days ago
Which people? The writers or the readers? 'Cause the context-free interpretation of the headline suggests the writers intended to make the content of an article that fits the definition of trivial sound profound and mathematical in a way that it isn't.
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The headline is gimmicky wordplay, like most headlines.

"trivial" is mathematical. The headline makes "trivial" sound non-mathematical. Profundity is nowhere to be be found; the article is about triviality.