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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:
Yes, maybe I should have asked: Given its diameter is 7 cm, 6cm its height, how much sugar will I have to put into it such that spaghettification makes it 2 cm higher?
So the alchemical trick for converting peanut butter into spaghetti is sugar?
 
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jbriggs444 said:
So the alchemical trick for converting peanut butter into spaghetti is sugar?
The conversion of peanut butter to spaghetti is not an alchemical trick. Faithful Pastafarians know that It's the first miracle performed by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, praised be his name. May he watch over us and shield us forever and ever, R'amen.

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By Niklas Jansson - Android Arts, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48906232
 
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"grain pulvérisé et champignon de fermentation calorifié sur une source de chaleur à particules chargées"

would be ##~\dots##

French toast. (According to Googletranslate)
 
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You weren't supposed to see that. :cool:
 
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Borg said:
You weren't supposed to see that. :cool:
Ah, but the Webb sees all ! :smile:
 
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fresh_42 said:
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What is it? I googled, V'ger, Deep thought and the probe from the voyage home.
If it's Star Wars I won't know it besides the death Star, i think that was a sphere.
 
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pinball1970 said:
What is it?
A Borg cube.
 
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pinball1970 said:
What is it? I googled, V'ger, Deep thought and the probe from the voyage home.
If it's Star Wars I won't know it besides the death Star, i think that was a sphere.
Seems to be the Borg cube:



It's a kilometre-wide spaceship. It flies, shoots, has a lot of robots in it.

(I, too, googled this)
 
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Resistance is futile...
 
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fresh_42 said:
A Borg cube.
Oh.
 
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This reminds me that; all the really big mistakes we make in life, are made in the very short period between the first and second childhoods.
 
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Klystron invited Magnetron to a party but lost track of time.

K: Sorry, Maggie. I'm Oh so late. Time just drifts.

M: No, K. I oscillate. You are just a big TWiT.

[Explanation for mathematicians: both devices are radio frequency oscillators. Klystrons, also called traveling wave tubes, utilize electron drift in 'bunches' while cavity magnetrons rely on cycloid rotation of electrons in transverse magnetic field... (@WWGD falls asleep). :DD
 
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Klystron said:
Klystron invited Magnetron to a party but lost track of time.

K: Sorry, Maggie. I'm Oh so late. Time just drifts.

M: No, K. I oscillate. You are just a big TWiT.

[Explanation for mathematicians: both devices are radio frequency oscillators. Klystrons, also called traveling wave tubes, utilize electron drift in 'bunches' while cavity magnetrons rely on cycloid rotation of electrons in transverse magnetic field... (@WWGD falls asleep). :DD
That deserves some sort of mention. For geek factor at the very least.
 
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I like the "with ease" part.
 
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BillTre said:
I like the "with ease" part.

Look at the telephone, when was this, ~1910? Now you know where Buck Henry got the idea for his Cone of Silence.
 
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gmax137 said:
Look at the telephone, when was this, ~1910? Now you know where Buck Henry got the idea for his Cone of Silence.
I wonder how he could possibly hear the telephone ring if outside noises are "eliminated".
 
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A machinist buys a used ferris wheel off eBay. He is in the process of disassembling the wheel. For every part he takes off, he then machines a duplicate part from aluminum.
A friend comes along and asks what he is doing.
He replies once finished he will have both a "ferris wheel" and a "non-ferrous wheel".
 
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