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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.

  • #31
I found this: when a woman and a man make love, the woman gets excited. She is now metastable and decays to her normal state through "baby emission" with a mean lifetime of roughly nine months.
 
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  • #32
If McDonald’s Advertised Like Apple
 
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  • #34
Why don't you find topologists in a nuthouse?
They always escape the straightjacket.
 
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  • #35
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  • #36
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  • #37
1oldman2 said:
Okay "I got one". Heisenberg gets pulled over for speeding and the officer asks, do you know how fast you were going? no replies Heisenberg but I knew exactly where I was.

That's the short version of this one ...

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Garlic said:
I was referring to the other joke, with graphs.
Ah. I didn't click on the attachment in your reply.
 
  • #42
fresh_42 said:
The shortest math joke: Be ##ε < 0##.

Don't quit your day job...
 
  • #43
Garlic said:
I was referring to the other joke, with graphs.

its about the different views of the data interpretation :smile:
Dave
 
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  • #46
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  • #47
The universe is made up of protons, neutrons, electrons and morons!
 
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  • #48
Theorem: The hyperbolic partial differential equation of waves has a solution.
Proof: Let us first introduce the standard short-hand notation for the d'Alembert operator
$$\frac{1}{c^2}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial t^2}-\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}-\frac{\partial^2}{\partial y^2}-\frac{\partial^2}{\partial z^2} \equiv \Box$$
 
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  • #49
What's an anagram of Banach-Tarski? Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski.

What does the B stand for in Benoit B. Mandelbrot? Benoit B. Mandelbrot.
 
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  • #50
The primary reason Bourbaki stopped writing books was the realization that Lang was one single person.
 
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  • #54
DennisN said:
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Oh I know this guy and love his movies. He looked great 10 years ago.
 
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  • #55
DennisN said:
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This isn't quite as daft as it sounds, if you replace "all his body functions" with "his heart". That's what a defibrillator does: the device that you see in medical dramas applying an electric shock across someone's chest to revive them. The shock doesn't restart a stopped heart, as is often implied by the drama; it stops a misfiring heart, and then the stopped heart automatically reboots.
 
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  • #58
Found this in my wallet!

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It says science :D
 
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  • #59
Greg Bernhardt said:
Found this in my wallet! ...
That would certainly herald a new era of economics.
 
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DennisN said:
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This doesn't make sense for a Ph.D. The original joke was "Why God never got tenure."
 

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