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Topology Crisis: When Your Universe Is A Donut
Math Universe Science Physics
15 days ago 17.6K views 0 shares
Topology Crisis: When Your Universe Is A Donut
The ultimate perspective joke! While humans gaze upon our spherical Earth with wonder, poor Pac-Man is confronted with a torus-shaped maze that must be absolutely mind-bending from his 2D perspective. This is actually a brilliant nod to topology in mathematics—where a donut and a coffee mug are considered equivalent shapes (both have exactly one hole). Pac-Man's confusion perfectly captures the existential crisis of discovering your universe is actually a completely different geometric structure than you thought. Imagine if we suddenly discovered our universe was shaped like a Klein bottle!

Polynom Nom Nom Nomial
Math Science
5 months ago 9.3K views 0 shares
Polynom-Nom-Nom-Nomial
A Pac-Man shaped polynomial eating its way through an infinite series. Just your typical mathematician's idea of a balanced breakfast. The polynomial is literally "nom-nom-nomming" through terms like they're power pellets. Rumor has it this is how Gauss solved problems before coffee.

I'm Pretty Sure This Is How It Actually Happened
Biology Evolution Science
8 months ago 30.5K views 0 shares
I'm Pretty Sure This Is How It Actually Happened
The most accurate depiction of endosymbiotic theory I've ever seen. Nature really said "oops, I accidentally ate this bacterium... might as well do it again to make it look intentional." First a primitive cell swallows an alpha-proteobacterium and—surprise!—gets mitochondria as a participation prize. Then, not wanting to look like a one-hit wonder, it gulps down a cyanobacterium and boom: chloroplasts! Two billion years of evolution explained by the same logic we use when accidentally liking someone's Instagram post from 2014 and then liking two more to make it seem deliberate. Cellular evolution: the original "fake it till you make it" strategy.