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Choose Your Coordinate System
Math Physics Science
22 days ago 4.5K views 0 shares
Choose Your Coordinate System
The perfect visual representation of coordinate systems that no textbook could ever deliver. On the left, we have a bunny squished into a perfect rectangular prism—the Cartesian coordinates (x,y,z) in all their rigid glory. On the right, the same bunny in its natural spherical form (r,θ,φ), looking much more comfortable. This is what happens when mathematicians let their pets demonstrate transformation equations instead of writing them on the board. Next week: the bunny demonstrates non-Euclidean geometry by disappearing into a black hole.

Arguing With A Flat Earther
Earth-science Science Conspiracy
1 month ago 4.9K views 0 shares
Arguing With A Flat Earther
The perfect demonstration of why debating flat earthers is a circular argument that goes nowhere! The moment you think you've found common ground ("I agree, the Earth is round"), they somehow manage to simultaneously believe it's both round AND flat. It's like trying to explain to your cat why they shouldn't knock things off the table - they hear you, but they've already decided physics is optional. The desperate "I meant SPHERICAL!" correction is the scientific equivalent of realizing you've stepped in quicksand - the more you struggle, the deeper you sink into absurdity.

Checkmate, Flat Earthers!
Earth-science Geology Conspiracy Science
1 month ago 5.4K views 0 shares
Checkmate, Flat Earthers!
The perfect gotcha question for flat-Earthers! If Earth were actually flat, digging a slanted hole would just send you out the bottom of the disc (hope you packed a space suit). But on our spherical planet, a perfectly angled tunnel through Earth's diameter would actually emerge on the opposite side—though you'd need to overcome that pesky molten core and crushing pressure first. The red line in the image shows the hypothetical tunnel path. Next flat Earth meeting challenge: bring a really, really long shovel and let's settle this debate once and for all!

Deceptive Simplicity
Math Science
2 months ago 5.8K views 0 shares
Deceptive Simplicity
The classic triangle on a flat plane: "Yes, angles add up to 180°." But then non-Euclidean geometry crashes the party with a spherical triangle where angles sum to >180°! This is the mathematical equivalent of thinking you've mastered the game until someone changes the playing field. Euclidean geometry is like that friend who follows all the rules, while non-Euclidean geometry is the chaotic genius who says "rules are more like... guidelines." Next time someone confidently states a mathematical "fact," just whisper "but on a sphere though..." and watch their existential crisis unfold.

Everyone's A Gangster Until The Laplacian Goes Spherical
Physics Math Science
4 months ago 19.5K views 0 shares
Everyone's A Gangster Until The Laplacian Goes Spherical
The math just got REAL spherical! This meme is playing on the classic "everyone's a gangster until..." format but with a quantum physics twist! 😂 When solving the Schrödinger equation for hydrogen atoms, physicists have to transform the Laplacian operator into spherical coordinates, and suddenly that innocent-looking ∆f turns into this terrifying multi-term monster with sines, partial derivatives, and enough subscripts to make you cry. It's basically the mathematical equivalent of thinking you're tough until you meet the final boss! No wonder physics students have nightmares about this transformation!