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We’d still be living in the dark ages if it weren’t for science. Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton and so many other bright sparks paved the way to the world as we know it. While the stereotypical scientist is sometimes seen a lonely nerd in a lab coat, with hardly any friends and a lacklustre sense of humor, that’s as far from the truth as outer space.

Intellectual Science Memes is a cool corner of the internet where close to 11,000 science-loving followers come to collectively cackle at daily scientific memes and reels. "Follow if u are smart", reads the bio. But "smart" is relative. And as Einstein once said, "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.” Bored Panda has formulated a list of our favorite posts from the page, scientifically proven to make you laugh. Keep scrolling and let us know which ones left you in stitches.

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    The Science Council defines science as “the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.” And Nasa’s Space Place simplifies it to “curiosity in thoughtful action about the world and how it behaves.”

    While scientists have been around for ages, the actual word "scientist" was only "invented" in 1833, by a British chap called William Whewell. Before then, there were philosophers and cultivators of science. It took Whewell a few tries before he settled on the word scientist.

    "The first he considered was savant, or men of learning. But he dismissed that for both being presumptuous and French. He also considered the German term naturforscher, which is really naturalist. But he worried that some might make fun of that term, calling it nature-poker or nature-peeper," said Howard Markel, professor of the history of medicine at the University of Michigan, during an interview with NPR.

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    #9

    Funny science meme featuring an octopus skeleton model with a humorous caption about invertebrate animals.

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    Andy Frobig
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, this would be wrong if it were an octopus, but it's clearly Cthulhu

    Annabel Again
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In what country is this photo taken? $269 for a plastic skeleton that doesn't depict anything in this realm of reality seems a little bit steep to me.

    sandrabmorison
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They could have shown the 3 hearts and 9 brains that Octopus have.......now that would have been cool

    CanadianDimes
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to Kew Gardens on Nov 1 and they had plastic spider skeletons everywhere 😆

    Anne Nyheim
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the spider skeleton one. Amazing, I want the entire series!

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    #16

    Funny science meme about Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin temperature scales with a humorous perspective.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fahrenheit originally made 100F human body temperature. He chose 0F as the coldest temperature he could consistently make at the time. A mixture of salt and natural ice. Refrigeration hadn't been invented yet. It's pretty messed up we still use it here and he was off by more than two degrees on the hot end but here we are.

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    #31

    Cartoon meme of Albert Einstein facing criticism of his relativity theory, humorously rebutting opposing authors.

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    deletemyaccount
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not very good logic. Virtually ever scientists on the planet believes humans have caused global climate change yet tons of idiots still deny it.

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    Two men dressed in vintage attire discussing a scientific error by a pond with meme text overlay about lab results.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember when I was a lab assistant and the chemistry teacher asked me for ideas for experiments for the class. I came up with one that involved mixing two different compounds and then working out the percentages of each (from memory I think it involved titration but too long ago to remember exactly). Nothing wrong with the experiment per se but the margin for error was so small that even the slightest error in the process would result in ludicrous results. No wonder pretty much the whole class drew a blank.

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    #34

    Science memes comparing engineering and math buildings on campus.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You would think if someone is going to the trouble of making this meme that they would just check *every* word carefully first

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    #35

    Science meme humor graph showing test quartiles and median.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jack Kimble is a satirical fake congressman. https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fictional-congressmans-x-post-about-trump-verdict-taken-seriously-2024-06-06/

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    #39

    A science meme illustrating a humorous and exaggerated physics problem, featuring a cart on a bridge and a person hanging under.

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    Corvus
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my profs gave us a problem where we had to calculate how many bullets it would take us to stop a train coming towards us (knowing the current speed and weight of the train + the weight of the bullets and the speed they fly at).

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    #43

    Science meme showing a cycle: "Learn the Krebs cycle" and "Forget the Krebs cycle" with arrows in a loop.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Learned it in O-chem. Learned it in Biology. Learned it again in Bio-chem. Still can't remember much more than NADH is very important.

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    #46

    Funny science meme showing a digital clock drawing with incorrect time 11:10 for a task to show 10 minutes past 11:00.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serves them right for writing a badly worded question. They should have swallowed their ego and marked that answer correct

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    #58

    DNA strand with text overlay "Laughs in Deoxyribonucleic Acid," highlighting a science meme.

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    WubiDubi
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    XAXAXAXA: Greek, Russian and your grandmother who doesn't quite understand XOXOXOXOX.

    #63

    Thor holding different science-related symbols, labeled "ResisThor," "CapaciThor," "InduThor," and "TransisThor," creating a meme.

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    Jnausicaa
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It really blows my mind to know that Captain Kirk's dad and Luke and Leia's mom had a thing for each other own another movie.

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    #77

    Cartoon character in a science meme arguing division by zero to an angry crowd.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In case you're wondering, 1/0 is undefined and tends toward infinity. But 1/0! = 1/1 = 1

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    #82

    Funny science meme comparing brain activity for calculus vs simple math.

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    deletemyaccount
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in school I used to do differential calculus in my head. But I still don't have my times tables memorized.

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    #85

    Math student dressed as a clown listens to a biology student on a subway, illustrating a hilarious science meme.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doing math is like playing the violin. Hard work will only do so much if you ain't got the talent.

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    Illustration of people lining up for a math solution emphasizing a science meme concept.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The square root of (-4)-squared is not -4. (-4) squared is 16 and the square root of 16 is +4.

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    Cartoon duckling looks into a pond with captions about being forgotten like the Krebs cycle, creating a science meme.

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    Chich
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    1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of all the things I learned why is this the one I clearly remember forgetting.

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