Set Theory = Toy Ethers
A set theorist dismisses the ether as nonsense in favor of something real and concrete: the set of all sets (which famously doesn't exist). (An anagram.)
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[Title] "SET THEORY = TOY ETHERS"
"It surrounds and envelops us, permeating all of existence." "You mean ether?" "That nonsense? No, I mean something real and concrete: the set of all sets."
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-06-20-set-theory-toy-ethers/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)