xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument - eviltoast

https://xkcd.com/2898

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“Some people say light is waves, and some say it’s particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that’s both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?” “YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T BE!”

  • kbal@fedia.io
    9·
    8 months ago

    In an n-dimensional problem space, the probability of the truth lying anywhere on a line between point A and point B is infinitessimally small.

    • Sotuanduso@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      This is also true. I like to evaluate solutions outside the presented dichotomy in general, and that often means outside the line between them, but I didn’t want to complicate my initial explanation that much.