interesting-3
Original: interesting-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: A PROOF THAT NO NUMBERS ARE INTERESTING:
[A single boxed proof:]
SUPPOSE THERE EXISTS THE SET CONTAINING ALL INTERESTING NUMBERS, S.
EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT S, MAKING IT NON-INTERESTING.
WE HAVE A CONTRADICTION.
∴ NO NUMBERS ARE INTERESTING.
Votey:
(THIS IS WHY MATHEMATICIANS PREFER SYMBOLS TO NUMBERS)
[A single boxed proof:]
SUPPOSE THERE EXISTS THE SET CONTAINING ALL INTERESTING NUMBERS, S.
EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT S, MAKING IT NON-INTERESTING.
WE HAVE A CONTRADICTION.
∴ NO NUMBERS ARE INTERESTING.
Votey:
(THIS IS WHY MATHEMATICIANS PREFER SYMBOLS TO NUMBERS)
Alt text
A mock mathematical proof in a single panel, titled "A proof that no numbers are interesting:". Inside a box, handwritten in math-textbook style: "Suppose there exists the set containing all interesting numbers, S. Everyone knows about S, making it non-interesting. We have a contradiction. Therefore (shown with the ∴ 'therefore' symbol) no numbers are interesting." The joke is a deliberately absurd proof-by-contradiction. Votey (aftercomic): small handwritten text reading "(This is why mathematicians prefer symbols to numbers)".
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.