The ‘Science Humor’ group was created on Facebook way back in late October, 2011. This autumn, they will be celebrating a whopping 15 years of making people laugh with their awesome science-related memes.
The community has grown by leaps and bounds. At the time of writing, it boasts nearly 2.6 million science and comedy-loving members from all corners of the world.
The team moderating the public group joked that the ‘Science Humor’ group is supposedly part of their neuropsychological study to check whether scientists have a sense of humor. “Our null hypothesis is that a scientist's sense of humor is not significantly different from an average person. But of course, that depends on whether we accept the alternative hypothesis from Experiment 1, that a scientist has a sense of humor at all,” they quip.
The ‘Science Humor’ team does its best to maintain the quality of the entire group while staying as neutral and inclusive as possible.
For example, posts with profanity will be rejected, and if you keep swearing in the comments, you can get permanently blocked. Meanwhile, all the members are warned that they cannot make posts or comments promoting conspiracy theories, specific political views, ideologies, philosophies, or countries.
Don’t forget to upvote your favorite memes and then join the discussion in the comments at the bottom of this list.
Which memes made you chuckle the hardest and why? How much do you stay up to date with science news? How do you think, practically speaking, society could improve science education? Let us know what you think.
