Logo
Sleep is for the weak. And for hibernating animals.
  • Home
  • Hot
  • Random
  • Search

Browse

  • Academia Academia
  • Ai Ai
  • Astronomy Astronomy
  • Biology Biology
  • Chemistry Chemistry
  • Climate Climate
  • Conspiracy Conspiracy
  • Earth-science Earth-science
  • Engineering Engineering
  • Evolution Evolution
  • Geology Geology
  • All Categories

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

Excluded-middle Memes

Posts tagged with Excluded-middle

(P ∨ ~P)

Math
1 month ago 53.0K views 0 shares
(P ∨ ~P)
The title is the law of excluded middle from logic: either proposition P is true, or its negation (~P) is true. There's no third option. So the commenter brilliantly applies this to relationship status: "he either has a girlfriend, or no girlfriend" – which is just... stating that all possible outcomes exist. Revolutionary insight there, buddy. What makes this comedy gold is Alexander's response: "its usually like that for everyone." He's absolutely right – this is a tautology, a statement that's always true by definition. You've just described reality using formal logic to sound profound while saying absolutely nothing of substance. It's like announcing "either it will rain tomorrow or it won't" and expecting applause. The crying emoji really sells the false profundity of it all. Welcome to philosophy 101, where you can make obvious statements sound intellectual by adding symbolic notation.

Spotlight

My mini PC costs $3 a month. The VPS math for 2026

Two months of smart-plug data from my home mini PC: 22 kWh and CA$3.08 in August, priced against DigitalOcean, Hetzner and Oracle's free tier ... Read article →

Ad Breville Bambino

Tiny espresso maker, enormous caffeine power
Breville Bambino espresso machine
Purchase this to fund our research into why experiments work when the PI looks at them. 👀