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Fighting Water With Water
Chemistry Lab-life Science
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Fighting Water With Water
The bureaucratic absurdity of lab safety in its finest form! The MSDS for water recommends treating water exposure by... *checks notes*... rinsing with water. And if you swallow it? Make the victim drink MORE water. It's like fighting fire with fire, except it's water with water. The perfect circular logic that only regulatory paperwork could produce. Next up: oxygen safety sheet warns that lack of oxygen may cause death.

The $60 Physics Textbook's Circular Logic
Physics Math Academia Science
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The $60 Physics Textbook's Circular Logic
The audacity of this physics textbook defining small numbers as "small numbers" is peak academic humor. But the real gem is how it casually explains that adding 23 to 10²³ doesn't change the value, as if your bank account wouldn't notice an extra $23. Physics professors really said "your student debt is just a small number compared to Avogadro's number, so stop complaining." Statistical mechanics: where your financial problems are mathematically insignificant!

Infinite Energy But Just Tumors
Physics Astronomy Medicine Science
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Infinite Energy But Just Tumors
The ultimate perpetual motion machine that physicists don't want you to know about! This brilliant circular logic proposes solving two problems at once: dump tumors into black holes, which emit Hawking radiation, which causes more tumors, which we can then feed back into the black hole. Voilà—infinite energy! Sure, it violates several laws of physics, medical ethics, and probably common sense, but who needs those when you've got a tumor-powered universe? Stephen Hawking is simultaneously facepalming and laughing somewhere in the multiverse.

Straight Lines And Curves: A Mathematical Tautology
Math Academia
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Straight Lines And Curves: A Mathematical Tautology
The mathematical equivalent of "water is just boneless ice." Only a professor who's been teaching for 30+ years would deliver this kind of circular definition with complete confidence. It's technically correct—the best kind of correct—while being utterly useless for anyone trying to understand geometry. Next up: "A circle is just a polygon with infinite sides" and "zero is just a number that equals nothing." Pure mathematical dad joke energy from someone who's definitely tenured enough not to care anymore.

Technically Correct Electrons
Chemistry Science Physics Academia
2 months ago 8.1K views 0 shares
Technically Correct Electrons
This test question is pure tautological gold! "In an atom, the number of electrons is equal to... the number of electrons." Well, technically correct—the best kind of correct! The Emperor's New Groove reaction is perfect because while the answer is ridiculously circular, it's not actually wrong. The number of electrons in a neutral atom typically equals the number of protons (not neutrons!), but saying electrons equal electrons is... well... a statement that would make even Kronk question his life choices. Chemistry teachers everywhere are either facepalming or secretly appreciating this student's malicious compliance. That one point might be the most honestly earned point in test-taking history!

The Thermodynamic Circular Logic Trap
Physics Science Universe
2 months ago 5.1K views 0 shares
The Thermodynamic Circular Logic Trap
The classic thermodynamic chicken-and-egg paradox. Entropy increases as time moves forward, but we define time by entropy increasing. It's like defining a ruler using meters, then defining meters using that ruler. Next, this guy will be setting up a table to debate whether the observer effect requires someone to actually watch his quantum experiments, or if the universe is just being passive-aggressive.

Teaching Scientific Thinking (Or Not)
Biology Academia Science
2 months ago 5.4K views 0 shares
Teaching Scientific Thinking (Or Not)
The perfect illustration of why we're doomed as a species. Mom's answer is pure taxonomy—circular logic that explains nothing. Dad's response is behavioral—slightly better but still tautological. Meanwhile, the kid's just standing there, learning that definitions are arbitrary nonsense instead of useful tools for understanding reality. This is exactly why students arrive in my classroom unable to form a coherent hypothesis. Twenty years of education reform and we still can't teach a child what a tiger is without resorting to "because I said so" logic. No wonder half my undergrads think science is just memorizing terminology.

We Did It Chat: The Self-Named Theorem
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We Did It Chat: The Self-Named Theorem
The mathematical equivalent of writing your name on someone else's homework. This "proof" brilliantly demonstrates how to solve one of mathematics' greatest unsolved problems—the Riemann Hypothesis—by simply naming a theorem after yourself, assuming the opposite of what you want to prove, declaring it contradicts your self-named theorem (which doesn't actually exist), and slapping a QED on it. Pure genius! Next up: solving P=NP by writing "trust me bro" on a napkin.

The Prerequisite Paradox
Math Academia
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The Prerequisite Paradox
The perfect textbook doesn't exi— Oh wait. Math academia's greatest paradox: books that require you to understand the material before reading about the material. It's like needing the password to access the password generator. Graduate math is just an exclusive club where the initiation ritual is figuring out how to get initiated without instructions. Second edition probably just adds more diagrams nobody understands.

Most Accurate Answer By Far
Chemistry Science Academia
2 months ago 5.5K views 0 shares
Most Accurate Answer By Far
The ultimate circular logic trap! The question asks "In an atom, the number of electrons is equal to:" and one of the multiple-choice answers is literally "the number of electrons." The character's response of "That sounds sciency enough to be true" perfectly captures that moment when you have no idea what's happening in science class but still need to answer something. It's like saying water is wet because it has the property of wetness. Technically correct is the best kind of correct, right? Chemistry teachers everywhere are collectively facepalming!

The Engineering Way To Calculate Nothing
Engineering Math Physics Academia
2 months ago 10.5K views 0 shares
The Engineering Way To Calculate Nothing
Engineering professors love teaching us elaborate mathematical operations that ultimately lead nowhere. This mathematical journey takes you through division, multiplication by gravitational acceleration, multiplication by π, division by Euler's number, and finally applying sine—only to land you right back where you started. It's the mathematical equivalent of walking in a perfect circle while wearing a hard hat and looking serious. The real engineering lesson? How to make simple things unnecessarily complex while maintaining a straight face.

Cries In Mathematical Bamboozlement
Math Science
3 months ago 11.9K views 0 shares
Cries In Mathematical Bamboozlement
The mathematical trolling is strong with this one! This construction worker of chaos wants you to perform a series of calculations on your age that ultimately equals... YOUR AGE! 🤯 Let's break down this mathematical bamboozle: Age ÷ 10 × 9 × π ÷ e = Age The sneaky part? (9 × π) ÷ e ≈ 10! The constants cancel out perfectly! It's like walking through a mathematical haunted house only to discover you're back at the entrance. Pure numerical trickery that would make Pythagoras giggle in his grave!