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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

xkcd #3155: Physics Paths

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xkcd #3155: Physics Paths

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If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3155/

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  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    And this is how you get a positive crackpot index.

    Though I’ve known legit physicists and engineers take pride in [their] >0 CI.

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      [For the uninitiated]

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      I feel like it’s all gotta be from #8 right? It makes it pretty easy to get >0 legitimately, seems like it would be hard for anyone working on black holes to not have a double digit score from that alone.

      Though I could see some cheeky positive values from #13, assuming the theory is a well established one, Randi style. (Or #20 for the typo)

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        If any paper contains these misspellings of Feynman, Einstein or Hawking I would consider them at best sloppy writers.

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          To be fair they’re physicists, not English majors

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            Sure, but misspelling historically significant names is a pretty bad sign for any flavor of science really.

            I’m pretty sure Brits would want to stone me if I called that apple guy Newdon.

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              It’s just the only one that I can imagine a physicist or engineer would be proud of.

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