Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is why the lark's head, one of the most useful knots there is, is not considered a knot in knot theory.

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🍅🥔🫐🌽 hoopy frood 🌶️ 🥑🍫🌵 · Jul 16

This is stressing me out

Ben Carson · Jul 16

the fool · Jul 16

“Some of the most useful knots are not knots in knot theory” is too real

Brendy · Jul 16

Topologists in shambles

I am nameless yet others name me · Jul 16

not the same thing but I had both opus and gemini try to recreate those animations en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:An... in bevy and somehow gemini won

Siobhán · Jul 16

… huh

𝓐𝓾𝓫𝓻𝓮𝔂 🥀🪦💀 · Jul 16

the one on the left would never have occurred to me lol

Ryan Moulton · Jul 16

If you take that rubber band and cross it once, then tug on the loop that is underneath, you will come away with a larkshead tied around the handle.

Celeste Sumner Maven · Jul 18

Trying not to wonder if ‘illusion’ applies.

Dominic 🔵 · Jul 16

don't let the name fool you, knot theory is not about the practice of tying knots