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What is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about? (lemmy.world)

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[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 7 months ago

If I ever get thrown into an insane asylum, it's probably your fault.

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 47 points 7 months ago

Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906 by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.

-Opening sentence of the textbook States of Matter by David Goodstein.

[-] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago

Dear @hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone, please do not study statistical mechanics.

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