2010-11-10
Original: 2010-11-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Scientist (a gray-haired man in a white lab coat with round glasses): I call it the Lorentz Fridge.
Panel 2:
Scientist (gesturing toward a glowing screen showing a particle-accelerator ring with a plate of bacon): I put this plate of bacon in an accelerator, and boost it near light speed.
Panel 3:
Scientist (standing beside a wooden cabinet/oven, reaching toward a plate of bacon inside): Two years later, I retrieve the bacon. Thanks to relativistic time contraction, the bacon has only aged one minute.
Panel 4:
Scientist (holding the plate of bacon): You'll notice it's still warm, yet crispy.
Panel 5:
A red-haired man in a vest holding a paper, seated near a woman in a purple top and another person: How much did this cost?
Scientist: Two tri... wait, are you from NSF?
Panel 6:
Red-haired man: Yes.
Scientist (eyes wide, leaning over a table): YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON SCIENCE!
Votey:
Handwritten caption: Does it bother anyone else that the "twin paradox" isn't a paradox? It should be called the "twin weird hypothetical."
Scientist (a gray-haired man in a white lab coat with round glasses): I call it the Lorentz Fridge.
Panel 2:
Scientist (gesturing toward a glowing screen showing a particle-accelerator ring with a plate of bacon): I put this plate of bacon in an accelerator, and boost it near light speed.
Panel 3:
Scientist (standing beside a wooden cabinet/oven, reaching toward a plate of bacon inside): Two years later, I retrieve the bacon. Thanks to relativistic time contraction, the bacon has only aged one minute.
Panel 4:
Scientist (holding the plate of bacon): You'll notice it's still warm, yet crispy.
Panel 5:
A red-haired man in a vest holding a paper, seated near a woman in a purple top and another person: How much did this cost?
Scientist: Two tri... wait, are you from NSF?
Panel 6:
Red-haired man: Yes.
Scientist (eyes wide, leaning over a table): YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON SCIENCE!
Votey:
Handwritten caption: Does it bother anyone else that the "twin paradox" isn't a paradox? It should be called the "twin weird hypothetical."
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A gray-haired scientist in a white lab coat and round glasses presents his invention. Panel 1, close-up of his face: "I call it the Lorentz Fridge." Panel 2, he gestures at a glowing green screen showing a particle-accelerator ring with bacon: "I put this plate of bacon in an accelerator, and boost it near light speed." Panel 3, he stands by a cabinet pulling out a plate: "Two years later, I retrieve the bacon. Thanks to relativistic time contraction, the bacon has only aged one minute." Panel 4, holding the bacon: "You'll notice it's still warm, yet crispy." Panel 5, a red-haired man with a paper among an audience asks, "How much did this cost?" The scientist begins, "Two tri... wait, are you from NSF?" Panel 6, the man answers "Yes," and the scientist, eyes bulging, shouts "YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON SCIENCE!" Votey (aftercomic): a handwritten note reads, "Does it bother anyone else that the 'twin paradox' isn't a paradox? It should be called the 'twin weird hypothetical.'"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.