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If A = B And B = C, Then Physicists Need A New Numbering System

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11 months ago 24.4K views 0 shares

If A = B And B = C, Then Physicists Need A New Numbering System

The guy's not wrong. The Zeroth Law basically says if A = B and B = C, then A = C. It's like discovering your coffee mug is the same temperature as your desk, and your desk is the same temperature as your keyboard, so—shocking revelation—your coffee mug is the same temperature as your keyboard. Physicists really spent centuries figuring that out and then had to awkwardly insert it as the "Zeroth" law because they'd already numbered the others. Classic scientific numbering crisis. Next they'll tell us water is wet.

The Mathematical Utopia Of Love

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12 months ago 27.0K views 0 shares

The Mathematical Utopia Of Love

Mathematicians turning romance into utopia! This meme brilliantly applies mathematical relation properties to love: Reflexive : Everyone would love themselves (self-love for all!) Symmetric : If person A loves person B, then person B loves person A back (no unrequited love!) Transitive : If person A loves person B, and person B loves person C, then person A would also love person C (goodbye jealousy, hello polyamorous paradise!) No wonder we'd have flying cars and futuristic cities—we'd skip all the relationship drama and focus on innovation instead! The perfect mathematical solution to heartbreak that sadly violates the chaotic axioms of human emotions.