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xkcd: Physicists
A webcomic of romance,
sarcasm, math, and language.
Permanent link to this comic: https://xkcd.com/793/
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A webcomic of romance,sarcasm, math, and language.
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Physicists
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A man stands at a blackboard covered in equations and diagrams, an open laptop and scattered paper at his feet. His fists are balled in anger and there is a little angry squiggle over his head. A second man stands behind him, arms out in a shrug.
((Words in <> are gray.))
Second man: You're trying to predict the behavior of <complicated system>? Just model it as a <simple object>, and then add some secondary terms to account for <complications I just thought of>. -- Easy, right? -- So, why does <your field> need a whole journal, anyway?
Liberal-arts majors may be annoying sometimes, but there's
nothing
more obnoxious than a physicist first encountering a new subject.
{{Title text: If you need some help with the math, let me know, but that should be enough to get you started! Huh? No, I don't need to read your thesis, I can imagine roughly what it says.}}
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