2011-11-27
Original: 2011-11-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older man with grey hair, glasses, a beard, and a sweater-vest stands beside a younger man with brown hair in a grey t-shirt.
Older man: WELL, I SEEK OUT FACTS THAT SEEM TO PROVE IT AND IGNORE FACTS THAT SEEM TO DISPROVE IT.
Panel 2:
Close-up of the younger man.
Younger man: YOU'RE A DICK.
Panel 3 (labeled "EARLIER..."):
The two men again, the older man and the younger man.
Younger man: HOW DO YOU KNOW CONFIRMATION BIAS IS A REAL THING?
Votey:
A sketchy black-and-white drawing of a bearded man resting his chin on his hand, thinking.
Thought bubble: IS TODAY'S JOKE RECURSIVE OR JUST STUPID?
An older man with grey hair, glasses, a beard, and a sweater-vest stands beside a younger man with brown hair in a grey t-shirt.
Older man: WELL, I SEEK OUT FACTS THAT SEEM TO PROVE IT AND IGNORE FACTS THAT SEEM TO DISPROVE IT.
Panel 2:
Close-up of the younger man.
Younger man: YOU'RE A DICK.
Panel 3 (labeled "EARLIER..."):
The two men again, the older man and the younger man.
Younger man: HOW DO YOU KNOW CONFIRMATION BIAS IS A REAL THING?
Votey:
A sketchy black-and-white drawing of a bearded man resting his chin on his hand, thinking.
Thought bubble: IS TODAY'S JOKE RECURSIVE OR JUST STUPID?
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: an older man with grey hair, glasses, a beard, and a sweater-vest stands next to a younger man in a grey t-shirt and says, "Well, I seek out facts that seem to prove it and ignore facts that seem to disprove it." Panel 2: a close-up of the younger man, who flatly replies, "You're a dick." Panel 3, labeled "Earlier...," shows the scene that preceded the exchange: the younger man asks the older man, "How do you know confirmation bias is a real thing?" The joke: the older man unwittingly describes confirmation bias as his method for proving confirmation bias is real. Votey (aftercomic): a rough sketch of a bearded man resting his chin on his hand, thinking in a thought bubble, "Is today's joke recursive or just stupid?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.