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minus-squareneo@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoI don’t get it (the joke and the purpose of the universe)
minus-squareAshyr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 months agoIt all equals zero. There is no purpose or meaning. Optimistic take: because that’s not what math does. Pessimistic take: because there is none.
minus-square_NoName_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoOptimist take: Because there is none! (whoo)
minus-squarereinei@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOptimistic take: because they just rearranged it to equal 0 by subtracting something from both sides as is often done in “these quantities are conserved” types of equations in physics! So we still don’t know the true purpose…
minus-squareLive Your Lives@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoI took it to be contrasting the “thrill of discovery” with doing math that would be boring and tedious to most people.
I don’t get it (the joke and the purpose of the universe)
It all equals zero. There is no purpose or meaning. Optimistic take: because that’s not what math does. Pessimistic take: because there is none.
Optimist take: Because there is none! (whoo)
Optimistic take: because they just rearranged it to equal 0 by subtracting something from both sides as is often done in “these quantities are conserved” types of equations in physics!
So we still don’t know the true purpose…
I took it to be contrasting the “thrill of discovery” with doing math that would be boring and tedious to most people.