Engineers vs Physicists vs Astronomers: The Great Approximation Battle

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Engineers vs Physicists vs Astronomers: The Great Approximation Battle

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This meme brilliantly captures the different approximation sins committed across scientific disciplines:

Engineers: Happy with π = 3 because who needs that extra 0.14159... when you're just trying to build something that doesn't collapse.

Physicists: Slightly annoyed by notation inconsistencies like dy/dx = dy÷dx. They'll write a 12-page paper explaining why this matters while still using approximations in their own calculations.

Astronomers: Final boss of approximation. "Metal = anything heavier than helium" is their way of saying "we've got 90+ elements but ain't nobody got time for that when you're studying objects billions of light years away."

The progression from SpongeBob's cheerful acceptance to increasingly buff and angry forms perfectly represents how each field feels about the others' mathematical shortcuts!

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