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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.

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mfb said:
Calling that transparent aluminium is a bit like calling (quartz) glass "transparent silicon" or lead glass "transparent lead".
Glass IS transparent silicon dioxide. What is wrong with saying that?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Glass IS transparent silicon dioxide. What is wrong with saying that?
Silicon != Silicon Dioxide
 
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jbriggs444 said:
Silicon != Silicon Dioxide
Okay, transparent silicon.
 
  • #2,404
It is transparent silicon dioxide, but it is not transparent silicon, because it's not silicon.

If you ask for an oxygen bottle and get a bottle of water, ...
 
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mfb said:
It is transparent silicon dioxide, but it is not transparent silicon, because it's not silicon.

If you ask for an oxygen bottle and get a bottle of water, ...

Is there silicon in glass. Can you see through it. Or are you saying a silicon atom is no longer a silicon atom if it's bound to another atom?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Is there silicon in glass. Can you see through it. Or are you saying a silicon atom is no longer a silicon atom if it's bound to another atom?
We normally distinguish between wood, coal, diamond, water, oxygen and carbon-dioxide. We do not normally fill a CO2 fire extinguisher with "transparent carbon".
 
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Here's a spoiler regarding the recent posts. The movie also involves whales, not shown in this video.

All right, fine. Here's a whale or two for good measure.

 
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jbriggs444 said:
normally fill a CO2 fire extinguisher with "transparent carbon".
..., unless we're smuggling diamonds. (Presidio, great movie.)
 
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jbriggs444 said:
We normally distinguish between wood, coal, diamond, water, oxygen and carbon-dioxide. We do not normally fill a CO2 fire extinguisher with "transparent carbon".
CO2 is transparent, right?

I can play nitpicking games all day too. :)
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
CO2 is transparent, right?
Yes, but it's not carbon. See above. It contains carbon.
 
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mfb said:
Yes, but it's not carbon. See above. It contains carbon.
So you can see through the oxygen but not the carbon. So you see little black dots?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
So you can see through the oxygen but not the carbon. So you see little black dots?
is this a serious question or a science joke?
 
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ergospherical said:
is this a serious question or a science joke?
I am pointing out the fallacy in his logic.
 
  • #2,415
Ivan Seeking said:
I am pointing out the fallacy in his logic.
what fallacy? the optical properties of compounds like carbon dioxide are determined by the vibrational modes of the molecule (e.g. CO2 has a symmetric stretch, an antisymmetric stretch and a bending mode), and these have frequencies in the infrared (not visible) region so it is transparent. [Although, the symmetric stretch doesn’t change the dipole moment, so actually isn’t even IR active]

It’s not like some types of individual atoms are opaque and others are transparent…
 
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It is easily possible to explain dark matter and dark energy. I have discovered a truly marvelous theory of this, which this room is too dark to write down.
 
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fresh_42 said:
It is easily possible to explain dark matter and dark energy. I have discovered a truly marvelous theory of this, which this room is too dark to write down.
Is this your last theorem, Mr. Freshmat? :oldbiggrin:
 
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the Schrödinger equation did me bad! I went into it thinking its probably beautiful and elegant as it describes the fundamental nature of reality. I couldn't have been more wrong! solving the eqn for a measly H-atom makes me cri:cry::cry:
 
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fresh_42 said:
It is easily possible to explain dark matter and dark energy. I have discovered a truly marvelous theory of this, which this room is too dark to write down.
Simple!
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Where
E = dark energy
m = mass of dark matter

:angel:
 
  • #2,421
Wouldn't you have to replace that with the speed of dark? :oldtongue:
 
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Borg said:
Wouldn't you have to replace that with the speed of dark? :oldtongue:
That's just - C. The squared value is still a positive.

Easy Peasy

I don't know what all the fuss has been.
 
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My psychic prediction: Everyone who reads my post will secretly run a few calculations just to be sure what I said doesn't makes sense.
 
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Borg said:
Wouldn't you have to replace that with the speed of dark? :oldtongue:
Done.
 
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Today I was walking through a doorway so slowly that I started to diffract. Scared the heck out of me!
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Today I was walking through a doorway so slowly that I started to diffract. Scared the heck out of me!
And the room you were walking into had two tall, narrow windows?
 
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Keith_McClary said:
And the room you were walking into had two tall, narrow windows?
I only saw one. And I only saw one.
 
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