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This forum discussion centers around a collection of science jokes, particularly those involving mathematics and physics. Notable jokes include a mathematician with a dog and cow discussing knot theory, and a play on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. The humor often relies on advanced concepts such as the Jones polynomial and topological invariants, showcasing a blend of wit and scientific terminology. The conversation also touches on the cultural significance of these jokes within the scientific community.

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fresh_42 said:
Beer contains CO2? We'd better drink it all before it contributes to climate change...
 
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  • #1,262
Ibix said:
Beer contains CO2? We'd better drink it all before it contributes to climate change...
The original joke was sharper, but I was unsecure how much black humor is allowed on PF.
 
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  • #1,263
Coincidence?
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Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum
vs.
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Flying Spaghetti Monster

Random Similarity or Something Deeper?
 
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  • #1,264
Ibix said:
Beer contains CO2? We'd better drink it all before it contributes to climate change...
Humano-gastric sequestration of CO2.

But only for an hour at a time...
 
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  • #1,265
Excellent 3 minute geo-engineering video:

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/0...olve-climate-change-totally-****-over-planet/
(You will have to undo PF's family friendlyfication of the URL.)
 
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  • #1,266
Keith_McClary said:
(You will have to undo PF's family friendlyfication of the URL.)
A case where avoiding it is perfectly fine: Link to the video
 
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  • #1,267
That is Quite the Satire site, got to love it! Save a Tree, Eat a Beaver!
 
  • #1,268
Keith_McClary said:
(You will have to undo PF's family friendlyfication of the URL.)
Yeah
I tried XXX 'ng out the words "climate change. Didn't work.
Tried replacing the **** with *0*0*0 - which is really family lovey dovey friendly - didn't work either.

solution finale - brute force URL.
Nice video.
 
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  • #1,270
PiTip.jpg
 
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  • #1,271
I wonder if electronic transactions could handle the 0.159... of a cent he's shorting them with that total?
 
  • #1,272
Pi day is just a fake holiday created by math companies to sell more math.
 
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jack action said:
Pi day is just a fake holiday created by math companies to sell more math.
Unfortunately it appears to have resulted in a multiplicative increase in sales from zero.

The cynic in me wonders how long it'll be before Hallmark (or whoever) start selling circular cards with a picture of a pie on them saying happy "pie" day...
 
  • #1,275
I'm going to petition for a holiday to commemorate the day Pi finally got its commemorative day.
 
  • #1,276
And before we drift off the topic of recursion, I'm going to seize the rare opportunity to post my artistic tribute to Douglas Hofstadter:

Hofstadters-Law.png
 
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  • #1,277
DaveC426913 said:
I'm going to petition for a holiday to commemorate the day Pi finally got its commemorative day.
I like this plan, especially taken to the obvious extreme.
 
  • #1,278
Ibix said:
I like this plan, especially taken to the obvious extreme.
As long as nobody starts a recursion thread. :nb)
 
  • #1,279
Borg said:
As long as nobody starts a recursion thread. :nb)
I think I did once do a joke on recursion, citing the same post as a source.

Edit: here.
 
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  • #1,280
Ibix said:
I think I did once do a joke on recursion, citing the same post as a source.

Edit: here.
Please do not. Recursion makes my head hurt. Makes my head hurt. Head Hurt. Hurt...
 
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Klystron said:
Please do not. Recursion makes my head hurt. Makes my head hurt. Head Hurt. Hurt...
The good thing about headaches caused by recursion is that there's a rather elegant way to clear them up using just one analgesic...
 
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Quantum instead of Newtonian.jpg
 
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  • #1,283
Ibix said:
Edit: here.
That looks so much more exactly the same !
 
  • #1,284
Ibix said:
The good thing about headaches caused by recursion is that there's a rather elegant way to clear them up using just one analgesic...
You mean something like: if nLoopCount > 1,000,000 then throw exception ASA?
 
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  • #1,285
"It's like déjà vu all over again."
- Yogi Berra
 
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  • #1,286
First ever high resolution image of an exoplanet!
TrES-2 = Kepler 1-b
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Computer enhanced:
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autocorrect.jpg
 
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