https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=EppOch 2026-04-19T10:21:00Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1724:_Proofs&diff=125667 2016-08-24T04:55:40Z

<p>EppOch: Added categories to the page for identified characters appearing in the comic.</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1724<br /> | date = August 24, 2016<br /> | title = Proofs<br /> | image = proofs.png<br /> | titletext = Next, let's assume the decision of whether to take the Axiom of Choice is made by a deterministic process ...<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Party 1 is standing in front of a whiteboard facing left. Party 1 is presumably writing on it. Some existing writing is shown as left aligned scribbles.]<br /> :party 1: ...let's assume there exists some function f(a, b, c...) which produces the correct answer-<br /> :Cueball interjects (off panel): hang on.<br /> :[Cueball sitting at a desk]<br /> :Cueball: this is going to be one of those weird, dark magic proofs, isn't it? I can tell.<br /> :[Party 1 turned facing right.]<br /> :party 1: what? no, no, it's a perfectly sensible chain of reasoning.<br /> :Cueball (off panel): all right...<br /> :[Party 1 facing the whiteboard again. More scribbles have been added to the first, third, and fourth set of scribbles.]<br /> :party 1: now, let's assume that the correct answer will eventually be written on the board at (x, y). if we-<br /> :Cueball interjects (off panel): I ''knew'' it!<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]]</div>

EppOch https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1724:_Proofs&diff=125666 2016-08-24T04:51:23Z

<p>EppOch: clarifying when and where words appear from in the comic</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1724<br /> | date = August 24, 2016<br /> | title = Proofs<br /> | image = proofs.png<br /> | titletext = Next, let's assume the decision of whether to take the Axiom of Choice is made by a deterministic process ...<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Party 1 is standing in front of a whiteboard facing left. Party 1 is presumably writing on it. Some existing writing is shown as left aligned scribbles.]<br /> :party 1: ...let's assume there exists some function f(a, b, c...) which produces the correct answer-<br /> :Cueball interjects (off panel): hang on.<br /> :[Cueball sitting at a desk]<br /> :Cueball: this is going to be one of those weird, dark magic proofs, isn't it? I can tell.<br /> :[Party 1 turned facing right.]<br /> :party 1: what? no, no, it's a perfectly sensible chain of reasoning.<br /> :Cueball (off panel): all right...<br /> :[Party 1 facing the whiteboard again. More scribbles have been added to the first, third, and fourth set of scribbles.]<br /> :party 1: now, let's assume that the correct answer will eventually be written on the board at (x, y). if we-<br /> :Cueball interjects (off panel): I ''knew'' it!<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

EppOch https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1724:_Proofs&diff=125665 2016-08-24T04:49:38Z

<p>EppOch: /* Transcript */ fixing mistakes that slipped through the first edit.</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1724<br /> | date = August 24, 2016<br /> | title = Proofs<br /> | image = proofs.png<br /> | titletext = Next, let's assume the decision of whether to take the Axiom of Choice is made by a deterministic process ...<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Party 1 is standing in front of a whiteboard facing left. Party 1 is presumably writing on it. Some existing writing is shown as left aligned scribbles.]<br /> :party 1: ...let's assume there exists some function f(a, b, c...) which produces the correct answer-<br /> :Cueball interjects: hang on.<br /> :[Cueball sitting at a desk]<br /> :Cueball: this is going to be one of those weird, dark magic proofs, isn't it? I can tell.<br /> :[Party 1 turned facing right, words appear from off panel in that direction.]<br /> :party 1: what? no, no, it's a perfectly sensible chain of reasoning.<br /> :Cueball: all right...<br /> :[Party 1 facing the whiteboard again. More scribbles have been added to the first, third, and fourth set of scribbles.]<br /> :party 1: now, let's assume that the correct answer will eventually be written on the board at (x, y). if we-<br /> :Cueball interjects: I ''knew'' it!<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

EppOch https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1724:_Proofs&diff=125664 2016-08-24T04:45:58Z

<p>EppOch: Added comment.</p> <hr /> <div>Judging from my experience when I first encountered proofs in math classes (or my general experience from math classes), the teacher is going to write down a &quot;proof&quot; which makes absolutely no sense to students and is also never explained in a way that actually makes them understand. Instead, they are just going to use &quot;dark magic&quot; and write what seems to be completely senseless to students.<br /> [[Special:Contributions/141.101.91.223|141.101.91.223]] 04:24, 24 August 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Transcript generated by the BOT was murdering me, had to change it. Proposing miss Lenhart is party 1. [[User:EppOch|EppOch]] ([[User talk:EppOch|talk]]) 04:45, 24 August 2016 (UTC)</div>

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