Mathydiskolophilia:
(mathematical difficulty affinity)

Description:
Innate mental need to take any simple question regarding mathematics and make it as difficult as possible. Tendency to attempt to find the reasons behind seeming mathematical contradictions.
Annoying tendency to explain the process in excruciating detail.

Causes:
Overeducation in mathematics.
Belief that the math should ALWAYS work out.
Mental gymnastic training.

Treatments:
Drug use may increase effects. As can sleep deprivation. Sleeping pills may displace the disorder to occur during REM periods. Subject will tend to be even more unbearable since the solution was found "in this dream I had last night." In most cases, it is advisable to treat the family and friends rather than the patient directly.

Case Study:
Patient was asked to analyze the following conundrum:
FIRST of all--does this sync up? 31g of broccoli = 11 cal. and 88g of broccoli = 30 cal. I need to know how many calories are in 388g.

Patient's Response:
They don't match. one says broccoli is 0.35484 calories per gram, and the other says 0.3409091 calories per gram. It would be either 137 or 132 cal for 388g.
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You could average the two.
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if I had to guess.....
I would say they are PROBABLY using 0.34 calories per gram. That would make 10.54 (11) calories and 29.92 (30) calories, while 0.35 would give 10.85 (11) and 30.80 (31) which doesn't match.
...
but you probably don't care.

Note that the patient WAS AWARE that their discussion had put the researcher into a coma. An audio recording of the session was the only way that the researcher's colleague was able to piece together what had happened.