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Comment author: DSimon 04 November 2010 08:06:19PM * 21 points [-]

Man, I'm amazing! I'm a machine that turns FOOD into IDEAS!

-- T-Rex, Dinosaur Comics #539

Comment author: ciantic 07 November 2010 08:18:19PM * 9 points [-]

I know this is well known, but to supplement the T-Rex:

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

-Alfréd Rényi/Paul Erdős

Comment author: JoshuaZ 23 November 2010 11:05:24PM 14 points [-]

Yes, and don't forget the dual result that a comathematician is a device for turning cotheorems into ffee.

Comment author: SilasBarta 23 November 2010 11:03:52PM 1 point [-]

And a cat is a device for turning kibble into cuddle.