Collection of Lame Jokes

[fresh_42]

The tyranny of "common sense." Things are often more complicated than most people think.

 

[nuuskur]

We like to think in extremes or in black and white, perhaps, because it's easier for some reason or other.

 

[BillTre]

We like to think in extremes or in black and white, perhaps, because it's easier for some reason or other.

Less variation to consider initially (with a loss of resolution). Fewer possible scenarios to consider.
Fewer possible resulting scenarios to consider. Fewer calculations to compare all situations.
Fewer possible scenarios to consider.
Less thinking.
Its easier.

 

[fresh_42]

Less thinking.
Its easier.

Yes, but it is also the reason our law cases usually lasts so long. Other than the newspaper headlines they have to figure out were the bell curve has its maximum!

 

[Klystron]

We like to think in extremes or in black and white, perhaps, because it's easier for some reason or other.

Less variation to consider initially (with a loss of resolution). Fewer possible scenarios to consider.
Fewer possible resulting scenarios to consider. Fewer calculations to compare all situations.
Fewer possible scenarios to consider.
Less thinking.
Its easier.

To be sure people lack capacity for detail but we should not mistake this for Minimalism or Simplicity principle (KISS). Minimalism eliminates extraneous redundant pieces in order to concentrate on core details. KISS invites complexity but where required to solve the problem.

Simple in this context means to avoid not embrace stupidity.

 

[BillTre]

Minimalism eliminates extraneous redundant pieces in order to concentrate on core details. KISS invites complexity but where required to solve the problem.

Makes sense to me.
I think actually achieving desired results in the real world would require good judgement about when and how much to "invites complexity but where required to solve the problem", vs. not doing so.

Nowadays things may have swung to the less detail side among some people.
Understanding less detail makes you more easy to be lead.

 

[256bits]

Heard this on the radio.
Sloth called the police with a complaint of being assaulted by three turtles.
When asked if he could give a detailed description of the perpetrators, Sloth replied,
"Oh, not really. It all happened so fast."

 

[Klystron]

And the oven asked the refrigerator, "Why are you always so cold to me?".

And the refrigerator responded, "Because you're just not hot enough for me!"

"That is so deep.", Responded the sink. "You make me wet."

"Shocking!", exclaimed the circuit breaker.

"Shut it!", countered the sink, "You're always tripping.".

 

[mfb]

"Shut it!", countered the sink, "You're always tripping.".

"At least I'm not as high as the ceiling lamp!"

 

[fresh_42]

"At least I'm not as high as the ceiling lamp!"

"No time to do so. Particle physicists are climbing the stairs up and down all the time!"

 

[mfb]

It's just a phase.

 

[fresh_42]

It's just a phase.

I'm already happy that's no superstition.

There must be a science joke somewhere: cat + ladder + super(po)s[t]ition.

 

[mfb]

Why is Schrödinger's cat in a box experiment flawed?

Spoiler

A cat has nine lives, not just one

How do make a cat lose one of its lives?

Spoiler

You apply the lowering ladder operator on the cat state.

 

[Ibix]

You apply the lowering ladder operator on the cat state.

Remind me - is the lowering operator the one with the dagger?

 

[mfb]

That's why it takes a life.

(But I think the common notation has the dagger on the raising operator)

 

[Ibix]

(But I think the common notation has the dagger on the raising operator)

So it's a conventional dagger, like conventional current?

 

[jtbell]

Watch your head!

 

[Ibix]

Watch your head!

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/576038608571034263/

 

[DifferentialGalois]

By far the most generic:
Why the chicken cross the Klein bottle?
To get to the same side

 

[BillTre]

Which car do you like?

 

[jack action]

Which car do you like?

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I have a thing for a Ford Falcon:

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Or even better, a Ford Galaxie:

 

[davenn]

I swallowed a dictionary.

It gave me thesaurus throat I've ever had.

 

[mfb]

An unidentified thief from within our company stole the thesaurus from our library. We are taken aback, stunned, stupefied, confused, flabbergasted and bewildered how someone could do this.

 

[davenn]

Elevator music
bothers me
on so many
levels

 

[Borg]

A farmer, desperately in need of rain for his crops had been looking forward to a predicted storm. However, when the storm was supposed to arrive, there was nothing more than fog. The farmer yelled at the cloud, "You were supposed to be rain! Didn't you get the memo?" The fog replied back, "Mist that".

 

[mfb]

The farmer should have performed a rain dance. They are surprisingly effective: A 100% success rate! And they are so easy to do as well. You dance until it rains.

 

[Ibix]

The farmer should have performed a rain dance. They are surprisingly effective: A 100% success rate! And they are so easy to do as well. You dance until it rains.

It's like my elephant-repellant powder that I scatter around the house every day. No elephant comes near the place.

 

[fresh_42]

The farmer should have performed a rain dance. They are surprisingly effective: A 100% success rate! And they are so easy to do as well. You dance until it rains.

It might exceed lifetime to achieve 100%: Atacama.

 

[Ibix]

It might exceed lifetime to achieve 100%: Atacama.

Maybe the Atacama is dry because of all the people doing rain dances everywhere else pulling the rain away. I mean, the vast majority of humans live where there's reasonably ready access to water. That can't be a coincidence.

 

[256bits]

The farmer should have performed a rain dance. They are surprisingly effective: A 100% success rate! And they are so easy to do as well. You dance until it rains.

Just waiting and waiting for a reason to play this song.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=rain+...-20&sk=&cvid=EC1778A08ECD4D8B81B41F9F38E00728

 

[mfb]

It might exceed lifetime to achieve 100%: Atacama.

How do we know someone tried long enough? I haven't heard of anyone reporting how they died trying.

 

[fresh_42]

How do we know someone tried long enough? I haven't heard of anyone reporting how they died trying.

Do not reverse the burden of proof! I only mentioned evidence that your statement might fail, regardless whether one has tried or not. This develops into one of our QM threads: does the photon choose a slit if not observed?

 

[nuuskur]

God plays dice to decide the photon's fate. Sorry, Einstein!
Corollary: god must be omnipotent.

 

[jim mcnamara]

Bozone ( n.): An air layer surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

 

[Klystron]

Bozone ( n.): An air layer surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

"I think we are all bozos on this bus...". From The Firesign Theatre.