The theory that (regarding any upcoming physics test) you either know it or you don't. Not to be confused with the Ridings Postulate, which states that you either know it or you don't regarding ANY test, not simply physics. Applying these ideas often results in failure.
Me - "Dude, I have a physics test tomorrow! Fuck!"
Ridings - "Same. But I'm not studying, according to my theory, the Ridings Theory - in physics, you either know it, or you don't."
Ridings - "Same. But I'm not studying, according to my theory, the Ridings Theory - in physics, you either know it, or you don't."
by jm6695 December 24, 2013
Get the The Ridings Theorymug. The theory of a โflat Earth.โ Most commonly in the minds of uneducated persons, people who are stubborn and people who will always believe for what they believe in.
The Geocrometricalistic Theory is in the middle of an undisciplined argument in democracy against the people and the scientists that form an emotional barrier on how wrong this method is.
by Useless Scientific Terms April 8, 2019
Get the Geocrometricalistic theorymug. A sheep mentality on how well music played in a nightclub or at an event is responded/reacted to depending on how busy the place is, and nothing to do with the music at all.
by TwentyThousandKhz August 3, 2024
Get the Ferris Theorymug. Category theory, *very basically*, is the study of functions. ANY functions. ANYTHING that changes some object to another object is fair game here. Because of this FUNDAMENTAL property of "changing stuff into other stuff" being everywhere (lambda calculus, programming, normal math functions, even) it can reason about MANY disciplines of math, programming, and even language! So basically, it's universal tools for many things. Pretty useful! :)
My buddy has a PhD in pure mathematics and says.. "Studying category theory is like eating your vegetables." Not sure what that means but it has never left my mind. // Also it is technically composition not functions but shh we don't want to scare away the people who just saw this definition straight away
by mb6fbhsphdrcb April 23, 2025
Get the Category theorymug. The most misunderstood theory in history.
This theory was meant to be used and understood in an academic context, but apparently a few people decided it would be "cool" to use in mainstream discourse (i.e. social media). Thus, the misunderstanding begins.
In all seriousness, for one to understand CRT, you would need to understand what "critical theory" is first. I am referring to the philosophical theory and framework written by Adorno & Horkheimer, which is basically a heated critique on mass-produced culture.
If one does not understand the tenets to this theory, then one should not voice their uninformed opinions on said theory.
Of course, perhaps the fault lies more in the people who decided to abuse this term. And in that case, I understand you 100%, but at the same time it's still unfair to dismiss it as BS.
This theory was meant to be used and understood in an academic context, but apparently a few people decided it would be "cool" to use in mainstream discourse (i.e. social media). Thus, the misunderstanding begins.
In all seriousness, for one to understand CRT, you would need to understand what "critical theory" is first. I am referring to the philosophical theory and framework written by Adorno & Horkheimer, which is basically a heated critique on mass-produced culture.
If one does not understand the tenets to this theory, then one should not voice their uninformed opinions on said theory.
Of course, perhaps the fault lies more in the people who decided to abuse this term. And in that case, I understand you 100%, but at the same time it's still unfair to dismiss it as BS.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ: "Critical Race Theory is a bunch of BS"
๐ ๐ฒ: "No, it's not. Either you misunderstood the theory, or you haven't grasped the underlying philosophy behind it."
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ: "I don't think I'd care enough to learn about it."
๐ ๐ฒ: "If you don't wish to know more about it, that's fine, just admit you were wrong."
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ: "Okay SJW."
๐ ๐ฒ: "Look bro, I'm just being pedantic. Call me a nerd, a know-it-all, but I ain't got nothing to do with SJWs. In fact I'll happily listen to critiques against CRT."
๐ ๐ฒ: "No, it's not. Either you misunderstood the theory, or you haven't grasped the underlying philosophy behind it."
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ: "I don't think I'd care enough to learn about it."
๐ ๐ฒ: "If you don't wish to know more about it, that's fine, just admit you were wrong."
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ: "Okay SJW."
๐ ๐ฒ: "Look bro, I'm just being pedantic. Call me a nerd, a know-it-all, but I ain't got nothing to do with SJWs. In fact I'll happily listen to critiques against CRT."
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian March 29, 2025
Get the Critical Race Theorymug. Any female at the age of 16 and up under the height of 5'3 has relatively bigger thighs, an automatic dumpy, and possibly bigger breasts than the average other woman.
by Simply Behren July 25, 2022
Get the Behrens Theorymug. The theory regarding relationships. "Someone doesn't move unless they already have a new house." Meaning that before someone moves on, they need to already have someone else ready.
by MLS trio March 6, 2023
Get the The House Theorymug.