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That’s surprisingly accurate, as people here are highlighting (it makes geometrical sense when dealing with complex numbers).
My nephew once asked me this question. The way that I explained it was like this:
- the friend of my friend is my friend; (+1)*(+1) = (+1)
- the enemy of my friend is my enemy; (+1)*(-1) = (-1)
- the friend of my enemy is my enemy; (-1)*(+1) = (-1)
- the enemy of my enemy is my friend; (-1)*(-1) = (+1)
It’s a different analogy but it makes intuitive sense, even for kids. And it works nice as mnemonic too.
This is basically the staple way of explaining the topic in my country. It was a very bizzare concept for 13 year old me so it made understanding it a lot easier.
Lmao not gonna lie, this would be a very intuitive way of teaching a kid negative values.
“It absolutely, definitely makes sense”
The snark in that first reply is glorious.
