Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for March 05, 2021
March 04, 2021
March 06, 2021
Transcript:
Why have humans not yet mastered warp portion?! They still rely on a ridiculous form of mathematics called addition. Sadly, it isn't until 2087 that scientists realize 2 + 2 is actually very slightly less than 4.
PICTO over 3 years ago
Let’s try multiplication then… 2×2=4 …
Ida No over 3 years ago
Well, that’s a sophomore physics class project that isn’t worth more than a C-…
Qiset over 3 years ago
It’s because those three angles don’t add up to 180, isn’t it?
mudak326 over 3 years ago
Doesn’t this fly in the face of the programmers’ adage that 2 plus 2 is 5 for very large values of 2?
The Old Wolf over 3 years ago
Nine times seven, thought Shuman with deep satisfaction, is sixty-three, and I don’t need a computer to tell me so. The computer is in my own head.
And it was amazing the feeling of power that gave him.
-Asimov, “The Feeling of Power”
pumaman over 3 years ago
That makes sense. You always lose a little due to friction.
ZarPaulus over 3 years ago
Opposite of David Brin’s “Uplift” series where every advanced alien race has forgotten all math more complex than arithmetic and dismiss calculus as “wolfling superstitions.”
flying spaghetti monster over 3 years ago
more likely its the majority of the worlds population disbelieving in the science / math.
daswaff over 3 years ago
The human fixation on integers…
mr_sherman Premium Member over 3 years ago
Ya gotta work in them imperfect, irregular and imaginary numbers.