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Foundation vs Dune (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

better do both just in case

edit: guys maths is HARD

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm sure there are drugs that make math easy. We just need to find them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

From the Wikipedia page for Paul Erdős:

After his mother's death in 1971 he started taking antidepressants and amphetamines, despite the concern of his friends, one of whom (Ron Graham) bet him $500 that he could not stop taking them for a month. Erdős won the bet, but complained that it impacted his performance: "You've showed me I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. I'd get up in the morning and stare at a blank piece of paper. I'd have no ideas, just like an ordinary person. You've set mathematics back a month."[66] After he won the bet, he promptly resumed his use of Ritalin and Benzedrine.[67]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

so you're saying I should add benzedrine

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Melange, I'm sure. Seeing how it enables you to fold space, I'm assuming it also helps with the math involved.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If it also helps with the math of folding fitted sheets, I'm in!

[–] potterpockets 6 points 2 years ago

No form of science or magic can help that. It’s impossible.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

They don't make it easy. They make it better. Source: am mathematician.

[–] pastermil 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MATH AND DRUGS ARE THE KEYS TO EVERYTHING

Source: myself, a computer science major

[–] eestileib 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Lmao, good to know CS majors haven't changed.

I'll see you at FurCon in a few, it's just a matter of time now.

[–] pastermil 1 points 2 years ago

Damn... I've already graduated and am back in my country now :(

[–] masterairmagic 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

math is fun!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

but I took so many drugs 😭

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the "moment of relief when the pain recedes" kind of fun. And then you realize you made a trivial mistake in the beginning and all your conclusions were useless.

[–] eestileib 2 points 2 years ago

The Fun of Grim Determination