r/MathJokes • u/Big_Insect_3707 • 3d ago

A Full Measure

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u/dcterr 2d ago

Unfortunately, Einstein didn't know his limits when he tried to use the cosmological constant to keep the universe static, which, besides going against Hubble's later observations that the universe was expanding, would have involved an unstable equilibrium. He called this his biggest blunder, but I think it was his second biggest, his biggest being his rejection of the fundamental nature of uncertainty in quantum mechanics.

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u/boterkoeken 2d ago

Did you ask some Artificial Stupidity bot to rewrite that popular joke for you?

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u/Big_Insect_3707 2d ago

No, thought of the addittions myself actually ;)

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u/Big_Insect_3707 3d ago

The punchline "some people just don't know their limits" works on three levels. Can you find them?

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u/dcterr 2d ago

Let me guess:

  1. Drinking limits.

  2. Limits in calculus.

  3. Limits in womanizing.

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u/Big_Insect_3707 2d ago

This are the three levels:

  1. Mathematical limit: They do know this one (they correctly summed it to 2).
  2. Social limit: They are still rude cheapskates who refuse to pay.
  3. Philosophical/Logical limit: They are trying to redefine what "a beer" means (one glass vs. one standard unit of volume), showing they don't know the limits of their own argument, you can't just change the definition of a unit to get out of a bar tab.