章節 233: The Last Piece Of The Puzzle

There was a well-known joke in the mathematics world which was used to ridicule physicists. It was about how physicist proved that "odd numbers are prime numbers".

The joke was that 1 was a prime number, so 3,4,5,7, 9 was a random error, 11 was a prime number, so was 13…

Okay, enough experiments, all odd numbers were prime numbers!

Then, after several years of experiments, more numbers were tested. The physicists found "experimental errors" that exceeded the confidence threshold. The physicists then added onto the theory and redefined the definition of physics for three-digit numbers.

This sounded like the evolutionary nature of relativity where theories were constantly changed and improved on.

In reality, theoretical physics lacked the rigor and beauty of mathematics.