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Checkmate, Flat Earthers!
Earth-science Geology Conspiracy Science
19 hours ago 2.7K 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
18 days ago 4.5K 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
3 months ago 16.9K 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!