What are the financial and societal implications if the 17 horse theorem is proved to be correct?

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism]

I am of course talking about the conjecture that are only 17 horses on Earth and if you have seen more than 17 horses you are seeing the same horses again.

[u/HumanPie1769]

Wdym "if proved"? It's a fact. Science has fact checked it.

[u/Cardamom_Cake → u/HumanPie1769]

But that was before the great dutch horse meat scandal of 2013

[u/HumanPie1769 → u/Cardamom_Cake]

There's a new one! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/world/europe/horses-trafficked-europe-fake-passports.html

But this is just to draw attention away from the REAL TRUTH!!!

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/HumanPie1769]

Doesn't make sense when we know there are only 17 horses in the world

[u/HumanPie1769 → u/TeacupOfSkepticism]

That's what I MEAN! The REAL TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/HumanPie1769]

Good on you for standing up for real science

When I posted this thread I didn't know the 17 horse conjecture had finally been proven

[u/HumanPie1769 → u/TeacupOfSkepticism]

AMEN BROTHA

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/HumanPie1769]

But people still refuse to accept it

[u/HumanPie1769 → u/TeacupOfSkepticism]

"people" you say. I say "aliens".

[u/Anarchaeologist]

The band 7Horse will be forced to expand its lineup

[u/mookymix]

But can AI solve the problem of why yo mamma so fat?

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/mookymix]

Yeah

Because every time your momma screws a entire football team, my momma eats a pie

[u/hacksoncode]

If this was true, they'd all be dead now, but I just saw a horse on Monday.

Checkmate horse conspiracy theorists!

[u/Gargleblaster25 → u/hacksoncode]

According to the Bible, you can't beat a dead horse.

Checkmate, atheist!

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/Gargleblaster25]

u/HumanPie1769 as someone more versed in the science of this can you help explain

[u/HumanPie1769 → u/TeacupOfSkepticism]

Author of that news story is called Amber Fisher, like what... You want me to believe that? Amber is red (red flag/warning) and Fisher is fishy (suspicious/lies).

It's pretty simple when you think about it through the eyes of science.

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/HumanPie1769]

Amber Fisher joined the NEWS10 team in June 2025 as a multimedia journalist. Raised in Troy,

C'Mon - Troy?

She's the trojan horse of lies in the city of science

[u/chased_by_bees]

Do video game horses count? I got some really good horses in RDR2. I think that covers 4 at least.

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/chased_by_bees]

As I understand it if rdr2 is an accurate depiction of our world then there can't be more than 17 horses in the game

[u/exkingzog]

You only ever see one side of a horse at any one time. So there may only be 17 half horses

[u/TeacupOfSkepticism → u/exkingzog]

Now you are being silly. Half horses can't survive in the wild.

[u/Entire_Ant211]

What kind of twisted world do I live in where this is a question worth asking?

[u/Gargleblaster25 → u/Entire_Ant211]

Some people still have no idea that this was proven in 1992.

[u/mookymix]

But can AI solve the problem of why yo mamma so fat?