2011-02-18
Original: 2011-02-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: HOW TO MAKE A SCIENTIST'S HEAD EXPLODE:
Panel 1:
A man with dark curly hair and glasses (gritting his teeth, looking strained): Anecdotal evidence isn't valid.
A woman with orange/red hair: Yes it is! I once used an anecdote as evidence, and later it turned out I was right!
Votey:
The red-haired woman, smiling sheepishly: At least... that's what I heard.
Panel 1:
A man with dark curly hair and glasses (gritting his teeth, looking strained): Anecdotal evidence isn't valid.
A woman with orange/red hair: Yes it is! I once used an anecdote as evidence, and later it turned out I was right!
Votey:
The red-haired woman, smiling sheepishly: At least... that's what I heard.
Alt text
A two-panel comic under a red banner titled "How to make a scientist's head explode:". A man with dark curly hair and glasses grimaces, teeth gritted in frustration, saying "Anecdotal evidence isn't valid." A cheerful orange-haired woman replies, "Yes it is! I once used an anecdote as evidence, and later it turned out I was right!" The joke: she defends anecdotal evidence using an anecdote. Votey (aftercomic, simple black-and-white sketch): the same woman, smiling sheepishly, adds, "At least... that's what I heard." — undercutting her own claim with hearsay.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.