Has Science failed to remain funny?

Question

Has Science failed to remain funny during this last half a century or has the jokes become too complex? The string theory one was alright, but nothing like the good old days when scientists played with lead and believe dogs and cats could be related.. that was some funny junk.

Answer 1

I agree. Lamarck was a riot!

Answer 2

I never found science to be humorous -- just fascinating. String theory hasn't gone anywhere, and may not -- it's just a framework on which a real theory might be hung someday. But of course, cats and dogs ARE related; they are both mammals, so had some mammalian ancestor some tens of millions of years ago.

Answer 3

Don't forget that with the advance of knowledge, we will all look ridiculous someday. Most of us will never be remembered for our contributions unlike such important but fanciful figures as Aristotle and Pliny. There was an old SNL sketch with Steve Martin in which he plays a medieval barber- it makes your point for you. He keeps asking his patients 'hey, who's the barber' . He tells a patient "in former times we would have thought that this condition was caused by swallowing a small troll, but now in modern times we know this is caused by demon possession. I'm afraid we're going to have to bleed you"

good stuff

Answer 4

Looking back on it, now that we know more, we have a new perspective. And yes, it does seem rediculous. Maybe in 10 years, we'll wonder with awe why we used our culinary water system as a hazardous waste disposal dump.