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Andrew Huberman's Math refers to a series of memes parodying a mathematical error made by podcaster Andrew Huberman, who erroneously estimated that the chance of getting pregnant could be over 100 percent after trying several times. In May 2024 after a user on X / Twitter pointed out the mistake, image caption memes based on the gaffe saw spread on the platform.

Origin

On January 23rd, 2024, neuroscientist and podcaster Andrew Huberman released a podcast episode on optimizing fertility in males and females, which received over 290,000 views on YouTube.^[1] At one point in the episode, Huberman calculates the probability of a woman under 30 years old getting pregnant after six attempts to conceive, erroneously estimating it to be 120 percent.

in case youtube takes it down pic.twitter.com/wuMahKrrTs

— yan (@bcrypt) May 9, 2024

Huberman later corrected the error in the description section of the video, calculating that the actual probability is at 73.8 percent.

On May 8th, 2024, X^[2] user @bcrypt pointed out the error in the video in a post that received over 550 reposts and 6,000 likes in one week (shown below). In the thread, @bcrypt posted a clip of Huberman making the mistake, which garnered over 1,400 reposts and quote posts and 4,100 likes on X^[3] in one week.

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The tweet was followed by quote posts in which users made obviously wrong calculations. For example, on May 9th, 2024, X^[4] user @growing_daniel made a quote post that received over 80 reposts and 5,100 likes in six days (shown below, left).

In the following week, an image of Huberman folding his hands gained popularity as a caption format on X / Twitter, with users captioning it with erroneous calculations. In multiple posts, the controversy involving Huberman dating six women at the same time was referenced.

For example, on May 13th, 2024, X^[5] user @dvassalo posted a meme that garnered over 620 reposts and 15,000 likes in one day (shown below, left).

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