Fields medal Memes

EUREKA! Someone finally "solved" infinity! *maniacal laughter* This mathematical madness takes a perfectly valid formula for summing finite numbers and then applies it to infinity with the subtlety of a wrecking ball! The proof starts with a correct formula, then veers into the mathematical twilight zone by claiming that 1+2+3+... equals -1/12 (which is actually a famous result in string theory, but NOT in the way shown here). Then it performs quadratic formula gymnastics to "calculate" infinity as -0.2113... Absolute numerical nonsense! It's like trying to measure the universe with a broken ruler while riding a unicycle. No Fields Medal for you, but perhaps a Nobel Prize in Creative Mathematics?

The academic turf war just got spicier. In 1990, physicist Edward Witten snagged the Fields Medal (math's equivalent of a Nobel) despite being, you know, not a mathematician. Fast forward to 2024, and computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton wins a Physics Nobel despite not being a physicist. Mathematicians are experiencing that special feeling when someone raids your intellectual refrigerator and then wins awards for the sandwich they made with your ingredients. The disciplinary boundaries in science are becoming as theoretical as string theory itself.