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Kids On This Sub When They Realize Approximations Are Everywhere In Physics
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Kids On This Sub When They Realize Approximations Are Everywhere In Physics
The existential crisis every physics student inevitably faces. That moment when you realize the Taylor series in the meme is just the mathematical way of saying "yeah, we're just guessing with extra steps." First-year students enter thinking physics offers perfect models of reality, then discover we're all just truncating infinite series and pretending air resistance doesn't exist. The astronaut with the gun is just enforcing what senior physicists have known for decades—it's approximations all the way down. Spherical cows in vacuum, anyone?

Air Resistance Basically Turns You Into An Engineer
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Air Resistance Basically Turns You Into An Engineer
Theoretical physicists boldly claim to "fear no man" until air resistance enters the chat. Nothing ruins a beautiful equation faster than drag coefficients. Suddenly your elegant free-fall calculation needs seventeen new terms and three differential equations. The perfect sphere becomes "approximately spherical" and your homework takes twice as long. Real-world physics is just theoretical physics with disappointment built in.

Ideal Conditions And Pi=3 Only
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Ideal Conditions And Pi=3 Only
Every physics student knows the euphoria of seeing "assume ideal conditions" on an exam question. It's basically code for "we're ignoring all the messy real-world complications!" But when the professor hits you with "you cannot assume ideal conditions," that's when your soul leaves your body. Suddenly you're accounting for air resistance, friction, non-uniform density, and probably the butterfly effect in Madagascar. It's like going from "spherical cow in vacuum" paradise to "calculate the exact trajectory of this irregularly shaped cow falling through a hurricane" nightmare.

Draw 25 Or Admit Physicists Use Approximations
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1 month ago 8.7K views 0 shares
Draw 25 Or Admit Physicists Use Approximations
The eternal dilemma of physics! On one hand, you could admit that physicists basically play the "close enough" game with approximations to solve impossible equations. On the other hand... *draws 25 cards* 😂 This perfectly captures how physicists would rather complicate their lives with ridiculous workarounds than admit their elegant equations are actually just glorified guesswork. The UNO card is basically saying "confess your mathematical sins or suffer the consequences!" Next time your physicist friend acts superior, just whisper "spherical cow" and watch them break into a cold sweat.

Engineering: Where Reality Is Optional
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1 month ago 12.2K views 0 shares
Engineering: Where Reality Is Optional
Engineering education: where reality is optional and math is negotiable! This alignment chart brilliantly categorizes the lies we tell ourselves to make calculations easier. From the classic "no air resistance" (because wind is just a social construct) to the mathematical blasphemy of "π=3" (mathematicians are screaming somewhere). The small approximation sin(x)≈x is practically a gateway drug to the dark arts of engineering. And let's not forget the student's prayer: "The pop quiz probably isn't today" – the most chaotic evil assumption that has destroyed countless GPAs. My personal favorite? "The professor must have made a mistake." The rallying cry of every student who got different answers than their classmates but is too stubborn to admit they're wrong. Engineering: where we build bridges on assumptions and hope for the best!

Euler's Collection Of Mathematical Blasphemy
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Euler's Collection Of Mathematical Blasphemy
Behold the ultimate mathematical shitpost! This collection of deliberately wrong math statements would make any mathematician cry tears of blood. From the blasphemous "π = e = 3" (both transcendental numbers reduced to an integer!) to the small angle approximation sin(x) ≈ x being presented as an equality. The division by zero, claiming 0.999... ≠ 1, and that absurd i² + 1² = 0² would make Euler roll in his grave faster than a quantum particle. The "proof is trivial" and "won't fit in the margins" references perfectly capture that professor who skips steps and leaves students confused. It's mathematical chaos theory visualized - except there's no underlying order, just pure mathematical anarchy!