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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic makes fun of the fact that most mathematical geniuses have | + | This comic makes fun of the fact that most mathematical geniuses have their exceptional work done in their early years (for which they eventually become famous) by exaggerating it, particularly given that "too old for this shit" is a phrase more appropriately used by people later in age. At the age of thirteen, even precocious mathematicians will not be to a point where they would be pushing the frontier of mathematical knowledge, let alone to the point where they would be "too old for it." As such, this is more a joke about a young boy attempting to dismiss the world around him. |
− | A striking example is {{w|Carl Friedrich Gauss}} | + | A striking example is {{w|Carl Friedrich Gauss}} the famous mathematician, who wrote his exceptional masterpiece {{w|Disquisitiones Arithmeticae}} at the early age of 21. At least in "{{w|Measuring the World}}" he admitted having trouble understanding it when he got older because of his age. The age ''theory'' apply to most types of natural science. {{w|Albert Einstein}} was also very youn (26) when he published his {{w|Albert_Einstein#Academic_career|four groundbreaking papers}} in the same year (1905) including the one that eventually gave him the {{w|nobel prize}}. Later in life, for instance, he never accepted the theory of {{w|quantum physics}} - which is now a well very established theory. |
− | The " | + | The title of the comic, "Too Old For This Shit", is also likely a reference to the {{w|Lethal Weapon}} series, in which one of the main characters (Roger Murtaugh, played by Danny Glover) is repeatedly quoted as saying things along the line of "I'm too old for this shit." |
− | The title | + | The title text just tops this and claims that a mathematician should do their great work at the age of eleven, if not, they never will do anything great. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball and Friend are standing in front of a whiteboard covered with equations.] |
− | :Cueball | + | :Cueball: I wish I could do math like when i was young. |
− | : | + | :Friend: Huh? |
− | + | :Cueball: It doesn't come easy like it once did. | |
− | + | :Friend: Uh huh. | |
− | :Cueball | + | :Cueball: Math is a game for the young. I need to sit back and let the future happen. |
− | : | + | :Friend: You're thirteen. |
− | + | :Cueball: Yes, and it's time I accept that. | |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] |