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The discussion revolves around a collection of science-related jokes and humorous anecdotes shared among forum members. A notable joke features a mathematician with a dog and a cow who are claimed to be knot theorists, leading to a playful exchange with a bartender. Other jokes include puns related to physics, such as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and light-hearted takes on mathematical concepts. The conversation also touches on the nature of humor in science, with members explaining the nuances of certain jokes, particularly those involving mathematical notation. Additionally, there are references to classic jokes that have circulated over the years, illustrating how humor can bridge complex scientific ideas with everyday life. Overall, the thread highlights the community's appreciation for clever wordplay and the joy of sharing science humor.
  • #701
I find this one very telling when it comes to the actual size of the universe, resp. our little corner here:
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
The term "interstellar" is, which I find, a bit misleading, as they are still in the range of SDOs and far (thousands of years away) from entering the Oort cloud.
 
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  • #702
Proxima Centauri is 1900 times more distant than Voyager 1.
 
  • #703
Greg Bernhardt said:
The joke is how short our lives are in comparison to the cosmos.
More on the comet/asteroid/meteor theme...

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  • #704
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  • #705
and on the same these ...

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  • #706
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  • #707
hahaha

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  • #708
Lol... . :alien:
 
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An answer which is in a state of superposition:
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  • #712
a couple of astro related ones

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  • #713
Two neutrinos go into the error bar ...
 
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  • #714
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  • #715
Saw this on another site that I frequent. :bugeye:

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  • #716
Borg said:
Saw this on another site that I frequent. :bugeye:
The wheelchair camera was rolling...
 
  • #717
DennisN said:
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Oh well, here we go...

WATSON: Name a canal in your body.
HOLMES: Alimentary, my dear Watson.

WATSON: Name a tree with yellow fruit.
HOLMES: A lemon tree, my dear Watson.

WATSON: How would you describe a yellow door?
HOLMES: A lemon entry, my dear Watson.

WATSON: What's another name for the periodic table?
HOLMES: Element tree, my dear Watson.
(Not a very good name, as it isn't a tree.)
 

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  • #718
My favourite:
Watson: "In a North Mexican fashion"?
Holmes: A la Monterrey, my dear Watson.
 
  • #719
Avoid teenage plant pregnancy by covering your flower's anthers.

Also... don't go showing your stigma. Society demands flower decency.
 
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  • #725
He's 0 K now haha :oldlaugh:
 
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  • #726
one particularly for my fellow Australians :-p:biggrin:

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  • #727
Can be used for entertainment, but also as weapon against the launch pad[/size].
 
  • #728
mfb said:
Can be used for entertainment, but also as weapon against the launch pad.
I thought for impact defense!
 
  • #729
When you use a circular argument, but you are unable to see where exactly your logical error is.
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  • #730
Demystifier said:
When you use a circular argument, but you are unable to see where exactly your logical error is.
LOL that has my eyes spinning
 
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Demystifier said:
When you use a circular argument, but you are unable to see where exactly your logical error is.
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That's really difficult to look at. It's so clearly a spiral, even once you've worked out it isn't.
 
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  • #732
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  • #733
The rings are slowly rotating in opposite directions.
 
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  • #736
abstract nonsense = category theory
 
  • #737
nuuskur said:
abstract nonsense = category theory
This would be in another dictionary, because even most mathematicians see category theory as abstract nonsense.
 
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  • #739
Demystifier said:
Perfect! And I finally understood the co- / contravariant usage by physicist, because the proper usage in category theory ...

I would have changed the classical section a bit:

basic operations = commutative algebra
classical field theory = Galois theory
field = real or complex numbers
mathematical analysis = calculus
measure theory = analysis

I herewith propose this image (1st one) as fb ad for PF!
 
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  • #741
jack action said:
turbo button! ... After pushing the button and noting no differences, you pushed it again, wondering if it was working.
When the TURBO feature was discontinued, the cases used by the local builders still came with the button and display, so obviously they had to hook up the display, even though the button didn't do anything.
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Keith_McClary said:
When the TURBO feature was discontinued, the cases used by the local builders still came with the button and display, so obviously they had to hook up the display, even though the button didn't do anything.
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Just for the greenhorns: these numbers did not represent GHz.
Btw., do young people still know what a jumper is?
 
  • #743
fresh_42 said:
Btw., do young people still know what a jumper is?
Nah, they just it's something you put on when it's cold outside.
 
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  • #744
fresh_42 said:
Just for the greenhorns: these numbers did not represent GHz.

In Oz and NZ it was for MHz of the CPU ... GHz processors were a very long way in the future :wink:
 
  • #745
Well, you're real close, but not quite correct... . :oldwink:
DrClaude said:
Nah, they just it's something you put on when it's cold outside.
In Montana, a jumper is...

The last pickup to leave the parking lot... . "when it's cold outside."
Lol... . :approve:
 
  • #746
OCR said:
In Montana, a jumper is...

The last pickup to leave the parking lot... . "when it's cold outside."
And man alive, it does get cold there. I saw the bank thermometer in Lolo, MT one evening showing -39. That's the "banana belt," as they call it around there, so called because it's warmer than, say, Havre, up on the Highline.

BTW, for our more cosmopolitan friends, -40 F = -40 C, so when it's -39 out, it doesn't matter much which scale you're measuring by ...
 
  • #747
Chuck Norris can count real numbers.
Chuck Norris can shave all those and only those who don't shave themselves.
Chuck Norris can prove the Banach-Tarski theorem - by explicit construction.
Chuck Norris can prove his own consistency without being inconsistent.
 
  • #748
Hope you got that XD
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  • #749
Keith_McClary said:
When the TURBO feature was discontinued, the cases used by the local builders still came with the button and display, so obviously they had to hook up the display, even though the button didn't do anything.
We have a bell button on the gate. We never had an actual bell, but we have a button anyway.
When somebody coming and there is no button, they tends to get nervous and start shouting inside if we are at home or not.
Since there is a button, they just push it a few times and then calmly go away.
So that button has a significant contribution to the overall calmness of the world.
 
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