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Foolproof: A Sampling of Mathematical Folk Humor (2005) [pdf]

36 pointsby johncooganabout 11 years ago

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nmcabout 11 years ago
Three other common jokes contrasting mathematicians with other people:<p>A mathematician meets one of his colleagues riding a superb bike. <i>&quot;Where did you get that?&quot;</i>, he asks. The other explains: <i>&quot;Well, there was this beautiful girl riding the bike. When she saw me, she put the bike down, she got naked, and told me to take whatever I wanted.&quot;</i> The first one thinks, and says: <i>&quot;You chose wisely: her clothes would probably not have fitted you.&quot;</i><p>A mathematician attends a conference about string theory, and seems to be enjoying a demonstration involving thirteen dimensions. The physicist sitting next to him asks: <i>&quot;How do you manage to follow all that?&quot;</i>, and the mathematician retorts: <i>&quot;I can easily visualize it in my head.&quot;</i> Impressed, the physicist says: <i>&quot;Wow, you can really visualize it in thirteen dimensions?&quot;</i>, but the mathematician replies: <i>&quot;Of course not, but I just visualize in N dimensions, and then take N=13.&quot;</i><p>A physicist comes up with a new equation that seems to fit his theory, and asks his mathematician friend to check it. A while later, the mathematician answers that the equation is false. In the meantime, the physicist used the equation to predict the outcome of a new experiment, and the results were excellent, so he tells his friend to check again. Moments later, the mathematician admits that the equation can be true, but <i>&quot;only in the trivial case of positive real numbers.&quot;</i>
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tompabout 11 years ago
As a mathematician, I find many of these jokes very funny.
czr80about 11 years ago
An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are riding the train in Scotland. The engineer looks out the window and spots a black sheep.<p>&quot;Look&quot;, he says, &quot;Scottish sheep are black&quot;.<p>&quot;No, no&quot;, says the physicist, &quot;<i>Some</i> Scottish are black.&quot;<p>&quot;No&quot;, says the mathematician, &quot;in Scotland there exists at least one sheep, one side of which is black.
doddersabout 11 years ago
A mathematician sees a frog by the side of the road. He stops and the frog says, &quot;Kiss me and i will turn into a beautiful princess and fall in love with you.&quot; The mathematician puts the frog in his pocket. The frog asks &quot;Why don&#x27;t you kiss me?&quot; Replies the mathematician, &quot;I don&#x27;t have any use for a princess. But a talking frog, that&#x27;s cool...&quot;
kazagistarabout 11 years ago
I tend to prefer the dirty math jokes.<p>[NSFW?] The length of my &quot;member&quot; in inches is countably infinite. Just when you think you are all out of inches, you can always find more by inspection.