Took a trip to a parallel universe, need help deciphering
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I recently traveled to a parallel universe where the people wrote in a symbol-heavy language seemingly derived from English. While there, I attended various sorts of collegiate lectures to get a feel for the language; during a particular lecture, I saw this inscription written upon the board:
$$bbox[13px,border:1px solid black]{(veesqcup):quad2text{think}enspacewedgeenspacesquare=blacksquareenspacewedgeenspacetext{GABA}+text{crime}}$$
What does it say? What was the lecture about?
rebus english
asked Apr 4 at 17:47
Conor O'BrienConor O'Brien
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I recently traveled to a parallel universe where the people wrote in a symbol-heavy language seemingly derived from English. While there, I attended various sorts of collegiate lectures to get a feel for the language; during a particular lecture, I saw this inscription written upon the board:
$$bbox[13px,border:1px solid black]{(veesqcup):quad2text{think}enspacewedgeenspacesquare=blacksquareenspacewedgeenspacetext{GABA}+text{crime}}$$
What does it say? What was the lecture about?
rebus english
asked Apr 4 at 17:47
Conor O'BrienConor O'Brien
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I recently traveled to a parallel universe where the people wrote in a symbol-heavy language seemingly derived from English. While there, I attended various sorts of collegiate lectures to get a feel for the language; during a particular lecture, I saw this inscription written upon the board:
$$bbox[13px,border:1px solid black]{(veesqcup):quad2text{think}enspacewedgeenspacesquare=blacksquareenspacewedgeenspacetext{GABA}+text{crime}}$$
What does it say? What was the lecture about?
rebus english
asked Apr 4 at 17:47
Conor O'BrienConor O'Brien
1,7401240
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I recently traveled to a parallel universe where the people wrote in a symbol-heavy language seemingly derived from English. While there, I attended various sorts of collegiate lectures to get a feel for the language; during a particular lecture, I saw this inscription written upon the board:
$$bbox[13px,border:1px solid black]{(veesqcup):quad2text{think}enspacewedgeenspacesquare=blacksquareenspacewedgeenspacetext{GABA}+text{crime}}$$
What does it say? What was the lecture about?
rebus english
rebus english
asked Apr 4 at 17:47
Conor O'BrienConor O'Brien
1,7401240
asked Apr 4 at 17:47
Conor O'BrienConor O'Brien
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asked Apr 4 at 17:47
Conor O'BrienConor O'Brien
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asked Apr 4 at 17:47
Conor O'BrienConor O'Brien
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I'm pretty sure the lecture (or at least that part of it) was about
George Orwell's novel 1984.
The inscription
refers to three key notions of the Party's thought-control in that book:
$mathrm{2think}$: doublethink
$square=blacksquare$: blackwhite
$mathrm{GABA}+mathrm{crime}$: crimestop
(GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in our nervous systems).
These are joined together with $wedge$ which I assume simply signifies "and" as it does in our universe's mathematical logic.
The mysterious prefix $veesqcup$
is a terrible pun: $vee$ signifies OR and $sqcup$ is a picture of a WELL.
answered Apr 4 at 18:35
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
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That's actually a stupendous pun, IMO. Upvote to OP :)
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– Brandon_J
Apr 4 at 19:05
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SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t read that novel in a long time, but wouldn’t “thoughtcrime” fit?
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– jhocking
2 days ago
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I guess it would fit about as well as "crimestop", depending on whether you say GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter or an inhibitory neurotransmitter :-).
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– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 days ago
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I'm pretty sure the lecture (or at least that part of it) was about
George Orwell's novel 1984.
The inscription
refers to three key notions of the Party's thought-control in that book:
$mathrm{2think}$: doublethink
$square=blacksquare$: blackwhite
$mathrm{GABA}+mathrm{crime}$: crimestop
(GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in our nervous systems).
These are joined together with $wedge$ which I assume simply signifies "and" as it does in our universe's mathematical logic.
The mysterious prefix $veesqcup$
is a terrible pun: $vee$ signifies OR and $sqcup$ is a picture of a WELL.
answered Apr 4 at 18:35
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
66.8k3169260
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That's actually a stupendous pun, IMO. Upvote to OP :)
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
Apr 4 at 19:05
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SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t read that novel in a long time, but wouldn’t “thoughtcrime” fit?
$endgroup$
– jhocking
2 days ago
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I guess it would fit about as well as "crimestop", depending on whether you say GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter or an inhibitory neurotransmitter :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 days ago
add a comment |
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I'm pretty sure the lecture (or at least that part of it) was about
George Orwell's novel 1984.
The inscription
refers to three key notions of the Party's thought-control in that book:
$mathrm{2think}$: doublethink
$square=blacksquare$: blackwhite
$mathrm{GABA}+mathrm{crime}$: crimestop
(GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in our nervous systems).
These are joined together with $wedge$ which I assume simply signifies "and" as it does in our universe's mathematical logic.
The mysterious prefix $veesqcup$
is a terrible pun: $vee$ signifies OR and $sqcup$ is a picture of a WELL.
answered Apr 4 at 18:35
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
66.8k3169260
$endgroup$
4
$begingroup$
That's actually a stupendous pun, IMO. Upvote to OP :)
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
Apr 4 at 19:05
1
$begingroup$
SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t read that novel in a long time, but wouldn’t “thoughtcrime” fit?
$endgroup$
– jhocking
2 days ago
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I guess it would fit about as well as "crimestop", depending on whether you say GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter or an inhibitory neurotransmitter :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I'm pretty sure the lecture (or at least that part of it) was about
George Orwell's novel 1984.
The inscription
refers to three key notions of the Party's thought-control in that book:
$mathrm{2think}$: doublethink
$square=blacksquare$: blackwhite
$mathrm{GABA}+mathrm{crime}$: crimestop
(GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in our nervous systems).
These are joined together with $wedge$ which I assume simply signifies "and" as it does in our universe's mathematical logic.
The mysterious prefix $veesqcup$
is a terrible pun: $vee$ signifies OR and $sqcup$ is a picture of a WELL.
answered Apr 4 at 18:35
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
66.8k3169260
$endgroup$
I'm pretty sure the lecture (or at least that part of it) was about
George Orwell's novel 1984.
The inscription
refers to three key notions of the Party's thought-control in that book:
$mathrm{2think}$: doublethink
$square=blacksquare$: blackwhite
$mathrm{GABA}+mathrm{crime}$: crimestop
(GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in our nervous systems).
These are joined together with $wedge$ which I assume simply signifies "and" as it does in our universe's mathematical logic.
The mysterious prefix $veesqcup$
is a terrible pun: $vee$ signifies OR and $sqcup$ is a picture of a WELL.
answered Apr 4 at 18:35
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
66.8k3169260
answered Apr 4 at 18:35
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
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answered Apr 4 at 18:35
Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan
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answered Apr 4 at 18:35
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That's actually a stupendous pun, IMO. Upvote to OP :)
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– Brandon_J
Apr 4 at 19:05
1
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SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t read that novel in a long time, but wouldn’t “thoughtcrime” fit?
$endgroup$
– jhocking
2 days ago
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I guess it would fit about as well as "crimestop", depending on whether you say GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter or an inhibitory neurotransmitter :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 days ago
add a comment |
4
$begingroup$
That's actually a stupendous pun, IMO. Upvote to OP :)
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
Apr 4 at 19:05
1
$begingroup$
SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t read that novel in a long time, but wouldn’t “thoughtcrime” fit?
$endgroup$
– jhocking
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I guess it would fit about as well as "crimestop", depending on whether you say GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter or an inhibitory neurotransmitter :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 days ago
4
4
$begingroup$
That's actually a stupendous pun, IMO. Upvote to OP :)
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
Apr 4 at 19:05
$begingroup$
That's actually a stupendous pun, IMO. Upvote to OP :)
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
Apr 4 at 19:05
1
1
$begingroup$
SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t read that novel in a long time, but wouldn’t “thoughtcrime” fit?
$endgroup$
– jhocking
2 days ago
$begingroup$
SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t read that novel in a long time, but wouldn’t “thoughtcrime” fit?
$endgroup$
– jhocking
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I guess it would fit about as well as "crimestop", depending on whether you say GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter or an inhibitory neurotransmitter :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I guess it would fit about as well as "crimestop", depending on whether you say GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter or an inhibitory neurotransmitter :-).
$endgroup$
– Gareth McCaughan♦
2 days ago
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