They're standing so close to the chalkboard they had to move the writing around their heads
44 0 ReplyLmao I didn't even notice that. I suppose that's just good design, if it looked natural at a glance.
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Hrm, they seem off by a little, maybe... 42 units?
41 1 ReplyI don't get it (the joke and the purpose of the universe)
17 0 ReplyIt all equals zero. There is no purpose or meaning. Optimistic take: because that's not what math does. Pessimistic take: because there is none.
43 0 ReplyOptimist take: Because there is none! (whoo)
6 0 ReplyOptimistic take: because they just rearranged it to equal 0 by subtracting something from both sides as is often done in "these quantities are conserved" types of equations in physics!
So we still don't know the true purpose...
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I took it to be contrasting the "thrill of discovery" with doing math that would be boring and tedious to most people.
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Damn, what would you even do with that information if you figured it out at 10:05am on a workday?
10 0 ReplyYes?
8 1 ReplyLaws of thermodynamics ensure that it's a zero sum game at best.
6 0 ReplyZoom in on that zero, boys! Show us those vacuum quantum fluctuations!
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