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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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BillTre said:

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This attitude deserves a name, but I haven't come up with one. It would have to be the opposite of a "sweet spot." The panel was based on that maddening phenomenon of online queries from people whose Google has apparently stopped working.
http://waynocartoons.blogspot.com/2021/09/designated-dummy.html
 
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Keith_McClary said:
This attitude deserves a name,

Perhaps it should be called or lmgtfy-itis (LetMeGoogleThatForYou-Itis):

https://lmgtfy.app/?q=a+thing+I+don't+know&iie=1I use lmgtfy all the time, whenever someone is too lazy to "Google a thing I don't know".
 
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I like the lmgtfy idea, but it is a horrid collection of letters.
 
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BillTre said:
I like the lmgtfy idea, but it is a horrid collection of letters.
I read the first letter (ell) as a capital eye; thinking img... something to do with images...

EDIT, so maybe it works better in all caps: LMGTFY. Or not.
 
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MikeeMiracle said:
I hope none of the QM guys sees this. Another reason to start a discussion of how the wave function collapses by measurement.
 
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fresh_42 said:
I hope none of the QM guys sees this. Another reason to start a discussion of how the wave function collapses by measurement.
Who knew that all these years there was Quantum Mechanics buried in cartoons?

So if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
So if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Well, yes and no.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
So if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
I've always liked Jim Ignatowski's take on that question:
 
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jbriggs444 said:
I've always liked Jim Ignatowski's take on that question:

Sure but Jim was a classical physicist.
 
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fresh_42 said:
I hope none of the QM guys sees this. Another reason to start a discussion of how the wave function collapses by measurement.
Wouldn't it be Quantum Gravity?
 
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Dirac's a chad for sure rumor says to break the ice when he met Feynman he said"I have an equation named after me, do you?"
one can only wonder what Feynman's reaction would have been to this!
 
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Causation, Correlation, or Superposition?

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Considered putting this into a Covid thread, but there were way too many to figure out where it might be most appropriate.

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BillTre said:
Considered putting this into a Covid thread, but there were way too many to figure out where it might be most appropriate.

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And then not be believed by a large segment of the popluation
 
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phinds said:
And then not be believed by a large segment of the popluation
But sometimes its more fun to be snarky.
 
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To boldly go where a few hundred others have gone before.
 
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