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In this comic, [[Ponytail]] explains to [[Cueball]] that the Sun's atmosphere is a super hot {{w|Plasma (physics)|plasma}} controlled by "{{w|magnetohydrodynamics}}" (a real word), the study of magnetic properties of electrically conducting fluids. This is true, as plasma is both electrically charged (following the laws of electrodynamics) and a fluid (following the laws of hydrodynamics). However, the combination is so difficult for Cueball that he finds it easier to comprehend any statements containing the word "magnetohydrodynamic" by dropping the central part of the word ("netohydrodynam"). Thus, he pretends that Ponytail instead said "The Sun's atmosphere is a superhot plasma governed by ''magic'' forces". If Cueball really thinks that magic is more comprehensible than magnetohydrodynamics, then considering just how vaguely and inconsistently magic is portrayed across fiction, that must mean that magnetohydrodynamics is really, ''really'' hard!{{Citation needed}}
 
In this comic, [[Ponytail]] explains to [[Cueball]] that the Sun's atmosphere is a super hot {{w|Plasma (physics)|plasma}} controlled by "{{w|magnetohydrodynamics}}" (a real word), the study of magnetic properties of electrically conducting fluids. This is true, as plasma is both electrically charged (following the laws of electrodynamics) and a fluid (following the laws of hydrodynamics). However, the combination is so difficult for Cueball that he finds it easier to comprehend any statements containing the word "magnetohydrodynamic" by dropping the central part of the word ("netohydrodynam"). Thus, he pretends that Ponytail instead said "The Sun's atmosphere is a superhot plasma governed by ''magic'' forces". If Cueball really thinks that magic is more comprehensible than magnetohydrodynamics, then considering just how vaguely and inconsistently magic is portrayed across fiction, that must mean that magnetohydrodynamics is really, ''really'' hard!{{Citation needed}}
  
In the title text, [[Randall]] riffs on the sheer difficulty of magnetohydrodynamics, claiming that they are as simple and understandable as {{w|Maxwell's equations}} and the {{w|Navier–Stokes equations}} -- which is to say, not at all. Maxwell's equations require an advanced knowledge of calculus to even be able to interpret the symbols used, and the {{w|Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness|solutions of Navier–Stokes equations}} are on the {{w|Millennium Prize Problems|Millennium Problems list}}. Randall also notes the alarming frequency with which the subject of magnetohydrodynamics is paired with {{w|quantum mechanics}} and the {{w|theory of relativity}}; he sarcastically quips that physicists must find magnetohydrodynamics so easy to work with, since they're so compelled to spice it up.
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In the title text, [[Randall]] riffs on the sheer difficulty of magnetohydrodynamics, claiming that they are as simple and understandable as {{w|Maxwell's equations}} and the {{w|Navier–Stokes equations}} -- which is to say, not at all. Maxwell's equations require an advanced knowledge of Calculus to even be able to interpret the symbols used, and the {{w|Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness|solutions of Navier–Stokes equations}} are on the {{w|Millennium Prize Problems|Millennium Problems list}}. Randall also notes the alarming frequency with which the subject of magnetohydrodynamics is paired with {{w|quantum mechanics}} and the {{w|theory of relativity}}; he sarcastically quips that physicists must find magnetohydrodynamics so easy to work with, since they're so compelled to spice it up.
  
 
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