WTF.

Quick post today.

I was sitting here Stumbling and found the Wikipedia entry on Tupper’s self-referential formula. This formula really has no significance whatsoever, but I thought it looked interesting and apparently it’s introduced sometimes in Computer Science and Math coursework, although I’ve never heard it mentioned. Basically, when n is set to a specific (VERY large) value and n < y < n+17, the graph of the resulting equation will look exactly like the equation itself.

Graph of Tupper’s self-referential formula

The Wikipedia article is both short and fairly interesting, so it’s a decently respectable waste of five minutes or so. Who the hell thinks of this stuff?