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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Error tolerance Memes

Posts tagged with Error tolerance

Error Tolerance: A Scientific Hierarchy

Math Engineering Physics Science Academia
5 months ago 16.8K views 0 shares
Error Tolerance: A Scientific Hierarchy
The perfect hierarchy of scientific standards! Mathematicians lose their minds over a 0.0000026% error (practically microscopic!), while physicists shrug off a 9.4% error as "tolerable." But engineers? They're celebrating a massive 117.7% error as "ABSOLUTE PERFECTION." 😂 It's the perfect encapsulation of how different fields approach precision. Mathematicians need absolute perfection, physicists need workable approximations, and engineers just need something that doesn't collapse or explode... usually. The bigger the error, the bigger the celebration!

Different Fields, Different Standards Of Success

Math Astronomy Physics Universe Academia
5 months ago 15.3K views 0 shares
Different Fields, Different Standards Of Success
The perfect encapsulation of academic standards! Mathematicians won't accept anything less than absolute perfection—a single flaw in a proof and the whole thing is trash. Meanwhile, cosmologists are over here popping champagne when their calculations are merely in the same galaxy as the actual measurements. "Our dark matter model was only off by a factor of 10? PUBLISH IT IMMEDIATELY!" Different fields, different thresholds for celebration. Pure mathematicians would have a nervous breakdown if they had to work with the error bars that make cosmologists dance with joy.

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