Science Humor: A Wide Selection

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The discussion centers around a variety of science-related humor, showcasing anecdotes, jokes, and humorous theories. A notable story involves a NASA team during the Apollo mission who encountered a Navajo sheep herder, leading to a humorous mistranslation of a message intended for the moon. Another highlight is Chuck Yeager's playful exaggeration about a design flaw in the Bell X-1 aircraft, which he humorously attributed to complex aerodynamics rather than a simple cable routing issue. The thread also features the "Dark Sucker Theory," humorously positing that light bulbs "suck dark" instead of emitting light, and a fictitious element called "administratium," which humorously critiques bureaucracy in science. Various jokes illustrate the intersection of humor and science, such as the classic question about the nature of hell, which leads to a clever thermodynamic analysis. Overall, the content blends clever scientific concepts with humor, appealing to those with an interest in both science and comedy.
  • #751
jcsd said:
There are 10 sorts of people in this world - those who understand binary and those who don't.
i like this one
 
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  • #752
Lol adj.
 
  • #753
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Adj, the genius left out the horizontal division bar!
 
  • #754
PhysicoRaj said:
Adj, the genius left out the horizontal division bar!

:smile:
 
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adjacent said:
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:biggrin:
 
  • #756
a student says to the professor: "i am wanting to do better in your class, and i have immaculate study consistency all term, yet I'm still doing poorly."

professor responds: "studying consistently is like a proof by induction; you need the right base case."
 
  • #757
Q. How many Walter Rudins does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. The punchline to this joke is so similar to other jokes that we omit the details.
 
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  • #758
dkotschessaa said:
Q. How many Walter Rudins does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. The punchline to this joke is so similar to other jokes that we omit the details.

How many mathematicians does it take to change a light bulb?
The derivation of the punchline to this joke is left as an exercise for the reader.
 
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  • #759
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H_2 O_2
 
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joshmccraney said:
a student says to the professor: "i am wanting to do better in your class, and i have immaculate study consistency all term, yet I'm still doing poorly."

professor responds: "studying consistently is like a proof by induction; you need the right base case."

Doesn't really strike me as a joke, but profoundly true!
 
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  • #767
PhysicoRaj said:
Its a 'Handwatch'. Soon the person will get fed up and it'll turn into a 'Shoulderwatch'.
Then it will turn into a wall clock. :wink:
 
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adjacent said:
Then it will turn into a wall clock. :wink:
Then into a tower clock. :-p
 
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  • #777
metallic sodium?
 
  • #778
collinsmark said:
metallic sodium?

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
 
  • #779
Got it. Thanks.
 
  • #780
What does it have to do with Batman?
 
  • #781
adjacent said:
What does it have to do with Batman?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtoMN_xi-AM
 
  • #782
hahah. I get it now
 
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  • #785
Engineer/Physicist/Mathematician/Sheep joke

An Engineer, a Physicist, and a Mathematician are all on a train in Germany. The engineer looks out of the window and sees a black sheep, and says to the other two, "Hmm, the sheep here are all black." To which the Physicist replies, "Well.. At least one sheep here is black." "No, no, no, no.." interjects the Mathematician, "at least one sheep has black wool on one side."
 
  • #786
If great scientists had logos:
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MostlyHarmless said:
An Engineer, a Physicist, and a Mathematician are all on a train in Germany. The engineer looks out of the window and sees a black sheep, and says to the other two, "Hmm, the sheep here are all black." To which the Physicist replies, "Well.. At least one sheep here is black." "No, no, no, no.." interjects the Mathematician, "at least one sheep has black wool on one side."

Einstein passed by and said: "Sorry you are all wrong! At least one sheep has black wool on one side at this moment !"
 
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  • #789
Did you hear about the mathematician who despised negative numbers? He would stop at nothing to avoid them.
 
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  • #790
Enigman said:
If great scientists had logos:
6EFm4hS.jpg

How is Euclid's logo have 2 different angles in the interior angles? They should be equal...!
 
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  • #792
Yea...don't move when you're doing that experiment...
 
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Adoniram said:
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I raise.

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Enigman said:
I raise.

[PLAIN]http://hugelolcdn.com/i/301338.gif[/QUOTE]

:smile: brilliant
 
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  • #796
It is iron past helium.
 
  • #797
Just remember that 1 is approximately equal to 2, for large values of 1 and small values of 2.

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Heisenberg may have slept here.

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Two strands of DNA are walking down the street. One says to the other, "Do these genes make me look fat?"
 
  • #798
I went to see the Bermuda Philharmonic Orchestra last night. Half way through, the bloke on the triangle disappeared.

... René Descartes was sitting at the bar when the bartender asked if he wanted a re-fill.
He said "No, I don't think ..." and disappeared.

I would like to think that René and the Triangle player disappeared to the same place and lived happily ever after, but I suspect that, sadly, this was not the case!

According to Schrödinger they did and did not; we won't know until we look.

And, according to Gödel, we can't "see" everything until we look from the outside.
 
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  • #800
Q:Why can't you trust an atoms
A:Because they make up everything
 
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