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> The latter is the jokes about the physicists "assuming a perfectly spherical cow." Not to detract from your point at all, but I only ever heard this joke abo
by the_af 4mo ago
> The latter is the jokes about the physicists "assuming a perfectly spherical cow."
Not to detract from your point at all, but I only ever heard this joke about mathematicians!
- try_the_bass 4mo agoI've definitely heard a similar joke about economists. It probably applies to most sciences, tbh
- nagaiaida 4mo agodo we mathematicians do particularly much work with cows that is made simpler by assuming they're spherical?
- the_af 3mo agoAt the very least the cow-equations are made simpler!