The fact that the reference of something bad happening is to the Black hole theories comes from the fact that the comic was drawn the same time the theories were most predominant. This is possibly even another take by xkcd at conspiracy theories such as the one in In this comic too he presents conspiracy theories against each other, the black hole with the guidance system. I spent all night reading, and now I can't stop talking like this.Īdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! Discussion It wouldn't smash the right tiny things together. Guidance System? Cueball: We can't put the broken part in the machine. Transcript Left Cueball-like guy: Do you have any thoughts regarding the particle accelerator's tertiary F.E.L. This concept was later revisited in 722: Computer Problems, 1133: Up Goer Five and Thing Explainer (probably most notably), 1322: Winter and 1436: Orb Hammer. The implication is that more people would be drawn to studying mathematics and that (naturally) the world would be a better place because of this, ironically most likely true! using simple syntax similar to the style of the Simple English Wikipedia.įrom the title text, Randall believes that if people teaching advanced mathematics followed this style, their subject would be more accessible. In the actual comic, Cueball was able to effectively communicate the dangers of using a broken F.E.L. For example, the article for a particle accelerator describes it as "a machine that makes really tiny things called particles travel at very high speeds." This is similar to the simple response given by the responding Cueball. He uses simple phrases such as "smash the right tiny things together" and "that would be very bad".Īs the caption below the comic notes, Cueball (probably Randall) has spent the previous night reading the Simple English Wikipedia, a simplified version of Wikipedia intended to be easier to understand, and now he finds himself using similarly simple syntax. The joke is that the other Cueball instead responds in a much simpler manner. As this is a fairly technical topic, we would expect a response filled with scientific jargon. One Cueball asks the others about the "tertiary Free-electron laser ( F.E.L) guidance system". There are three Cueballs discussing a particle accelerator. Title text: Actually, I think if all higher math professors had to write for the Simple English Wikipedia for a year, we'd be in much better shape academically.
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