Comment on The man with the Y Combinator tattooComments−ivankirigin18yI'm thinking about getting a tattoo. The goal is to get something that is aesthetically pleasing in an abstract sense, to avoid thinking something is ugly years later.I was thinking about the great wave, a dragon, a dragon fly or something else made up of PCB layout lines. I think that would look very nice on a forearm. http://www.imakethings.com/2007/09/14/image-to-pcb-app-and-p...Most science tattoos are very, very ugly. And what if maxwell's equations or the Y-combinator get invalidated in the future :-P ?−centipede18yMaxwell can get invalidated. Math can't.−axiom18yAhem. Russell paradox.Granted it's been a while, but one can never be too careful.−kcl18yFor the truly paranoid only:Witness the evolution of 'V-E+F=2' since Euler's time:http://www.amazon.com/Proofs-Refutations-Logic-Mathematical-...Is it right? Is it wrong? What does it mean to even BE a 'face' ?Although I guess the worst thing that could happen in this situation is you change your explanation of the tattoo, and not the tattoo itself.
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I'm thinking about getting a tattoo. The goal is to get something that is aesthetically pleasing in an abstract sense, to avoid thinking something is ugly years later.
I was thinking about the great wave, a dragon, a dragon fly or something else made up of PCB layout lines. I think that would look very nice on a forearm. http://www.imakethings.com/2007/09/14/image-to-pcb-app-and-p...
Most science tattoos are very, very ugly. And what if maxwell's equations or the Y-combinator get invalidated in the future :-P ?
Maxwell can get invalidated. Math can't.
Ahem. Russell paradox.
Granted it's been a while, but one can never be too careful.
For the truly paranoid only:
Witness the evolution of 'V-E+F=2' since Euler's time:
http://www.amazon.com/Proofs-Refutations-Logic-Mathematical-...
Is it right? Is it wrong? What does it mean to even BE a 'face' ?
Although I guess the worst thing that could happen in this situation is you change your explanation of the tattoo, and not the tattoo itself.