# For the nerds: a proof that maths is sexy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762 "2018-01-16T17:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/1 "2018-01-16T17:20:33Z")
Pure maths is. Physics is applied mathematics. Chemistry is applied physics. Biology is applied chemistry Sex is applied biology. QED. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/2 "2018-01-16T18:03:38Z")
Physics is applied math? Iā€™m not seeing that one. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/3 "2018-01-16T18:39:13Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > Physics is applied math? Iā€™m not seeing that one. E=mc[sup]2[/sup], v=u+at and all that. But donā€™t think too deeply; itā€™s a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/4 "2018-01-16T18:48:20Z")
OTOH, thereā€™s also the well-known mathematical proof that women are evil. How sexy is that? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/5 "2018-01-16T20:26:10Z")
Almost there, but you havenā€™t proven that sex is sexy.šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/6 "2018-01-16T21:19:28Z")
Not sure if youā€™re riffing [off of this](https://xkcd.com/435/)? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/7 "2018-01-16T21:43:23Z")
Proof that math is sexy? Nah. How about proof that [sex is mathy?](http://pbfcomics.com/comics/the-breakthrough/) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/8 "2018-01-16T21:47:13Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Not sure if youā€™re riffing [off of this](https://xkcd.com/435/)? I should have known that XKCD would have already done it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/9 "2018-01-17T18:39:37Z")
Sure, biology is just applied chemistry, and chemistry is just applied physics, and physics is just applied math. But math is just applied logic, and logic is just applied philosophy, and philosophy is just applied psychology, and psychology is just applied biology, andā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/10 "2018-01-17T23:09:03Z")
Logic reduces to Psychology. Psychology reduces to Biology. Biology reduces to Chemistry. Chemistry reduces to Physics. Physics reduces to Mathematics. _And Mathematics reduces to Logic._ šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/11 "2018-01-18T00:29:02Z")
_Thereā€™s a hole in your logic, Dear Enola, Enola, Thereā€™s a hole in your logic, Enola, a hole!_ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/12 "2018-01-18T04:38:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Sure, biology is just applied chemistry, and chemistry is just applied physics, and physics is just applied math. But math is just applied logic, and logic is just applied philosophy, and philosophy is just applied psychology, and psychology is just applied biology, andā€¦ You think itā€™s a loop, but biology is just applied turtles. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/13 "2018-01-18T12:19:18Z")
God is love. Love is blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Thereforeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/14 "2018-01-18T12:36:20Z")
_Tis women makes us love Tis love that makes us sad Tis sadness makes us drink And drinking makes us mad._ - 17th-century catch ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/15 "2018-01-18T15:36:00Z")
Nothing is better than true love. And a crust of bread is better than nothing. Therefore, a crust of bread is better than true love. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/16 "2018-01-18T17:07:06Z")
ā€œIt is not true that an MIT student would rather think about calculus than have sex. It is true, however, that he will think about calculus while having sex, and hence enjoy it more.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-nerds-a-proof-that-maths-is-sexy/806762/17 "2018-01-19T00:13:58Z")
Psychologists think theyā€™re biologists. Biologists think theyā€™re chemists. Chemists think theyā€™re physicists. Physicists think theyā€™re God. God thinks heā€™s a mathematician.