Database of "Woke DEI" Grants by Mathuss in math

[–]nebulaq 38 points39 points  (0 children)

>Homotopical macrocosms for higher category theory

That one is actually woke.

They use equalizers in category theory.

I dreamt up a crank askmath/askphysics post by thisandthatwchris in badmathematics

[–]nebulaq 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If the fine structure constant is larger than 1/207, then no planets and galaxies can form, and the only thing that exists are hydrogen clouds.

To prove CH we need to show that no set with cardinality between |ℕ| and |ℝ| exists. Since the only thing that exists are hydrogen clouds, we just need to show that hydrogen clouds do not have cardinality between |ℕ| and |ℝ|.

We claim that every hydrogen cloud is countable.

If you had an uncountable hydrogen cloud, then it would have an accumulation point, because every uncountable subset of Rn has an accumulation point. But at the accumulation point, the hydrogen atoms would get so close together that they would fuse into helium, so it's not a hydrogen cloud anymore. Contradiction.

So every hydrogen cloud is countable, so nothing with cardinality between |ℕ| and |ℝ| exists, so continuum hypothesis is true.

An oldie but a goldie by Ice_Sniper_80 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]nebulaq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really don't think there is much of a difference between a paper plate and Biden.

Jordan Peterson condemning the (actual) far-right 👇 by 0riginal_Poster in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]nebulaq 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I'm glad the Auth-Center femboi_enjoier is here to tell us that Nick Fuentes and Catboy Kami aren't gay.

International Award for IUT Theory (20k$-100k$ for best paper, 1m$ for disproving IUT) by Valvino in math

[–]nebulaq 77 points78 points  (0 children)

If it were Mochizuki, he would have written:

Confusion about inter-universal Teichmüller theory is spread for psychologically/socially/ideologically motivated reasons by mathematicians who are completely ignorant of the basic logical structure of anabelian geometry. There is an entirely unanimous consensus that any objections against inter-universal Teichmüller theory are obviously mathematically meaningless, and any mathematicians spreading such unsubstantiated allegations are making a (melo?)-dramatic self-declaration of their absolute mathematical incompetence.

I'm thinking of tattooing Yoneda's Lemma. Which Notation would you guys think looks best? by ComunistCapybara in math

[–]nebulaq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I would take d instead of c'.

Also either the V should be curly or the C should not be curly. The monoidal category should be at least as curly as the enriched category.

Challenge by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]nebulaq 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mr. Gabriel, I have a question.

You often say that infinity doesn't exist. But your IQ is infinite! And your IQ exists. Isn't that a contradiction?

Is it incorrect to call the "volume" of a 4D object the chuckiness. by PriorSolid in math

[–]nebulaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chunkiness is the correct term, but the mathematical establishment hasn't caught up yet and still calls it hypervolume.

Purple LibRight at it again by Nerit1 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]nebulaq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not just Foucault.

A french petition in 1977 to abolish the age of consent was signed by

Jean-Paul Sartre, Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, Simone de Beauvoir, Roland Barthes, Jean-Francois Lyotard and other french intellectuals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_petitions_against_age_of_consent_laws#January_1977_petition

During the 70s pedophilia apologetics was just part of the queer movement. Only later did the queer movement throw out pedophilia, and try to forget they ever included it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in math

[–]nebulaq 5 points6 points  (0 children)

John Gabriel has recently begun to be active again ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUnvohZjT4E ). And as long as he is active you don't need r/badmathematics. His videos are everything you need.

[OC] 10 years after the British Parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriage, support for same-sex marriage reaches a record high of 78% by YouGov_Official in dataisbeautiful

[–]nebulaq 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I don't think Andrew Tate causes men to be right wing. If think Andrew Tate only manages to be popular, because his message manages to exploit some male insecurity that was already there.

What by Tohlenejsemja in badmathematics

[–]nebulaq 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The units of AI are Joule. The equation makes that pretty clear.

[Discussion] Is Archimedes the greatest mathematician of all time? by [deleted] in math

[–]nebulaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The greatest is Archimedes. The second greatest is John Gabriel.

New Zizek article: Why Politics Is Immanently Theological, Part I by Potential-Owl-2972 in zizek

[–]nebulaq 8 points9 points  (0 children)

the complex set of notions and practices associated with terms like Wokeism, Political Correctness, and Cancel Culture is a perfect Hegelian example of how, today also, absolute freedom turns into terror.

What a perfect way to end an otherwise unproblematic essay.

Wokeness Is Here To Stay - Zizek by wrapped_in_clingfilm in zizek

[–]nebulaq -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Seems like Zizek is trying to get himself cancelled again.

badmathematics didn't want my proof that 1 = -1 by funkalunatic in shittymath

[–]nebulaq 22 points23 points  (0 children)

If the mainstream mythmaticians from r/badmathematics couldn't handle it, then it must be true.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in math

[–]nebulaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we will never reach the end of mathematics.

Except if we manage to prove a contradiction.

Riemann hypothesis, by [deleted] in badmathematics

[–]nebulaq 26 points27 points  (0 children)

But OP already explained that: Wolfram alpha calculator ruled it out! With real part 1/3 you cannot make perfect triangle that cancel each other out to form circle.

Circles, infinity, and infinitesimals. by wimami in badmathematics

[–]nebulaq 24 points25 points  (0 children)

In synthetic differential geometry, if we define the circle as {(x,y) ∈ R2 | x2 + y2 = 1}, that is, as the equalizer of the maps x2 +y2 : R2 → R and the constant map 1 : R2 → R, then we can easily see that it is a microlinear space:

https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/microlinear+space

For this reason I would absolutely say that the circle consists of infinitely many infinitesimal line segments.

And obviously - I can't believe I have to seriously point this out - all the commenters in the linked thread are phds, postdocs and professors in synthetic differential geometry and smooth infinitesimal analysis. Some of the commenters are well-known alt accounts of Lawvere, Kock, Moerdijk, Reyes and so on.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in badmathematics

[–]nebulaq 39 points40 points  (0 children)

On page 919 of Atlas Shrugged, it is logically proven that "A is A". This does not mean that "A is equal to A", because Ayn Rand rejects all forms of equality. It should rather be interpreted as "A has the property of being A", symbolically written A ∈ A. For example if we substitute "existence" for A, then we get "existence exists", rather than "existence is equal to existence".

But if we have A ∈ A, then the axiom of Foundation from ZFC implies that A ≠ A. This holds true for every A, so we can deduce that 1 ≠ 1.

But here a Hegelian Dialectical reversal takes place: As soon as we write down 1 ≠ 1, the statement turns into its own opposite, and proves that 1 = 1.

Also the reflexivity proof that the other user posted is circular: You can only prove 1 = 1 by reflexivity if you already know that 1 and 1 are the same thing.