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This thread features a collection of science-related jokes, puns, and humorous anecdotes, primarily focusing on physics, mathematics, and engineering concepts. The discussion includes various types of jokes, some of which are derived from literature, while others are original contributions from participants.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a joke about a mathematician, a dog, and a cow, highlighting the humor in knot theory.
  • Another participant introduces a joke about Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in a romantic context.
  • Several jokes reference mathematical conventions, such as the use of epsilon in calculus, with some participants seeking clarification on the humor.
  • A joke about a communication between Americans and Canadians illustrates a humorous misunderstanding, with historical context provided by a participant.
  • Participants discuss the nature of jokes, including the structure of short jokes and the implications of scientific terminology in humor.
  • There are multiple jokes involving Heisenberg, with one participant noting the brevity of a specific version of the joke.
  • A humorous take on a scientific method is shared, with some participants expressing curiosity about the referenced group of scientists.
  • Another joke involves a metaphorical description of a woman's experience during childbirth, framed in scientific terms.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share jokes and humorous anecdotes without a clear consensus on any specific joke or concept. Some jokes prompt requests for clarification, indicating varying levels of understanding and appreciation for the humor presented.

Contextual Notes

Some jokes rely on specific scientific knowledge or conventions that may not be universally understood, leading to requests for explanations. The humor often hinges on wordplay and the intersection of scientific concepts with everyday situations.

Who May Find This Useful

Readers interested in science humor, particularly in physics and mathematics, may find this collection entertaining and thought-provoking.

  • #511
I only know that if you break the toe of the foot in question, you'll get a Green Lantern.
 
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  • #512
Wait ! ... for just a Giga-Flash could you ?
fresh_42 said:
I only know that if you break the toe of the foot in question, you'll get a Green Lantern.
jambaugh said:
And I so declare ...that this IS the length of Flash Gordon's Feet...
Did you mean: And I so declare ...that this IS the length of Flash Gordon's Foot... ?:ok:... carry on. . :biggrin:
 
  • #513
OCR said:
Wait ! ... for just a Giga-Flash could you ?Did you mean: And I so declare ...that this IS the length of Flash Gordon's Foot... ?:ok:... carry on. . :biggrin:
Flash Gordon, we may presume, has both feet of equal length... 1 light-Flash long each. So it is not just the length of his left foot, nor just the length of his right foot, but the lengths of both feet. (So I guess I should have said "lengths".)
 
  • #514
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  • #516
For the kitten thread or the science jokes thread? Hard choice... let's post in this thread...
I did not know that a cat had published in Physical Review Letters:
Wikipedia said:
F.D.C. Willard (1975–1980) was the pen name of a Siamese cat named Chester, who internationally published under this name on low temperature physics in scientific journals, once as a co-author and another time as the sole author.
[...]
...the journal would reject this form on submissions with a sole author. Rather than take the time to retype the article to use the singular form, or to bring in a co-author, Hetherington decided to invent one.
Source: F.D.C. Willard
Paper: http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.1442
 
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  • #517
Not sure whether it fits better here or in the lame jokes thread.
Anyway, I've just learned what acronym the 'H0 Lenses in COSMOGRAIL's Wellspring' team has come up with.
I'll let you take a guess (no cheating with google!).
 
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  • #518
There is also the Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Experiment - flying to the ISS. Guess what the combined acronym is.

Yes it is.
 
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  • #519
Bandersnatch said:
Not sure whether it fits better here or in the lame jokes thread.
Anyway, I've just learned what acronym the 'H0 Lenses in COSMOGRAIL's Wellspring' team has come up with.
I'll let you take a guess (no cheating with google!).
It could have been worse! Hint: use the "p" in Wellspring.
 
  • #520
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  • #521
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  • #522
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  • #524
moss vs lichen.jpg
 
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  • #525
As an aside

When I was doing geology at uni, we were taught about the method of using lichen growth rates
to determine times of last movements on faultlines
 
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  • #526
You know that saying about having rocks in your head? :doh:

SteeringWheelClaymore.jpg
 
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  • #527
I'd tell you a joke about chemistry, but all the good ones Argon, and you'd think them Boron :sorry:
 
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  • #528
Ah yeah mathematics girl. I'm like ##e^{2x}##; you can differentiate me all night long, and I only get bigger.
 
  • #529
Integration makes you smaller?

d/dy
 
  • #530
mfb said:
Integration makes you smaller?

Alternatively: d/dy

Integration is the pillow talk of mathematics :)
 
  • #531
davenn said:
a little astronomy comedy from days gone by ... used to enjoy Pink panther cartoons when I was a kid


there is, in this cartoon, ( as in all cartoons) a number of serious breaking of physics laws :smile:


Oh the scientific inaccuracy!
 
  • #532
How come ##< \psi |H|\psi> ## and ##< \varphi |H|\varphi> ## got to be ##H|\psi> ## and ##H|\varphi>##?

They took off their bras to prove that they are real.
 
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  • #534
Knowing that ##\frac{1}{\infty} = 0##, prove that ##\frac{1}{0} = \infty##.

Solution:
  1. Rotate both sides 90° counterclockwise: ##-18 = 0##
  2. Add ##8## to both sides: ##-18 + 8 = 0 + 8## or ##-10 = 8##
  3. Rotate both sides 90° clockwise: ##\frac{1}{0} = \infty##
 
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  • #535
Show that ##x = 1## for ##2x + x^2 = 3##.

Solution:
$$2x + x^2 = 3$$
$$2x^{\rlap{/}3} = \rlap{/}3$$
$$2x = 1$$
$$x = 2-1$$
$$x =1$$
 
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  • #536
Related:$$\frac{1\rlap{/}6}{\rlap{/}64} = \frac 1 4$$
$$\frac{1\rlap{/}9}{\rlap{/}95} = \frac 1 5$$
 
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  • #537
In fact, all numbers are equal to each other.

Let ##a## and ##b## be any two numbers. Define$$
c = a + b.
$$Multiply both sides by ##a - b##:$$
ac - bc = a^2 - b^2.
$$Reaarrange:$$
ac - a^2 = bc - b^2
$$Subtract ##ab##:$$
ac - a^2 - ab = bc - ab - b^2
$$Factorise:$$
a(c-a-b) = b(c-a-b).
$$Cancel:$$
a = b.
$$
 
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  • #538
Legal got all upset about a leap second, and when US daylight savings changed to a longer duration, legal went into a histrionic coma. After all, since calendars use numbers, then they must be higher math.

Sound familiar? then this one's for you:

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/supervillain_plan.png
 
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  • #539
how to capture an astronomer.jpg
 
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  • #540
What's an Astronormer? :confused:
 
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