Wrong is Cool

Admin1: I love the synergy between the media and Alphysics.

Doctor Gravytee: Media is our best friend.

Admin1: We know that Alphysics is part of the entertainment/publishing complex but I didn't know that Alphysics belonged to the fringes of entertainment at the level of what used to be called the burlesque:

Cosmologists know there is something seriously wrong with the standard Big Bang cosmological model. The magnitude of the cosmological constant—a mathematical representation of the energy of empty space—predicted by this theory differs from the measured value by a factor of 10¹²⁰.

Dr. G: This quote is typical Alphysics. There is not one single meaningful statement in this quote. This statement is not even wrong in terms of punctuation.

A1: You mean it is so wrong that it is not even grammatically wrong.

Dr. G: Yes. "Mathematical representation of the energy of empty space!" This is sad stuff.

A1: I cannot stop laughing. I am sorry. The predicted value of the cosmological constant differs by the measured value by gigantic factor...

Dr. G: Funny stuff. The writer is a good Alphysics reporter. The average reader would say "Wow, look at the difference between the theoretical and the measured value," and be awed for a moment and continue to the sports section. But the punchline is the word "measured." Measured value of "cosmological constant?" What a joke! Now you see why Alphysics is so entertaining.