Comic #5626: buffon

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Panel 1:

• A character with dark hair and a red shirt says: "And that's what makes Buffon's proof beautiful."

Panel 2:

• A character with light brown hair and glasses asks: "Why is that beautiful?"

Panel 3:

• The first character responds: "Well… it's elegant."

Panel 4:

• The character in glasses says: "What, because the proof delivers a lot of knowledge but the human reader doesn't have to do much work?"

Panel 5:

• The first character replies: "Precisely. To a mathematician, a beautiful proof is one so quickly stated that the afternoon remains open for playing with Rubik's cubes and making fun of social scientists."

Panel 6:

• A character with light brown hair and glasses exclaims: "No wonder they started a cult around Pythagoras."

Panel 7:

• The character continues: "He taught us to be lazy, that our children might know even greater laziness."

The comic cleverly explores the concept of beauty in mathematical proofs through a humorous exchange between the characters.