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The eternal academic rivalry in one South Park frame. Mathematicians are busy telling physicists they "don't know anything about math" while holding protest signs. Meanwhile, the physicist smugly responds "I know enough to exploit it" - which is basically the physicist's entire career strategy. Pure mathematicians develop elegant proofs over decades; physicists grab whatever math looks useful, slap some approximations on it, and somehow predict black holes. It's like watching someone build a beautiful sandcastle while another person scoops up handfuls to make functional sandwiches.

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