2014-12-30
Original: 2014-12-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with glasses and bobbed hair (speaking confidently): ECONOMICS IS STUPID BECAUSE IT ASSUMES PEOPLE BEHAVE RATIONALLY.
Panel 2:
Woman: I MEAN, LOOK AT ME! I'M PEOPLE, AND I'VE NEVER READ A SINGLE BOOK ON ECONOMICS, YET I'M POSITIVE THE ENTIRE FIELD IS FOUNDED ON A SINGLE OBVIOUSLY FALSE PREMISE!
Off-panel voice (with a hand gesturing in): EXPLAIN ME, ECONOMIST!
Panel 3:
A man with glasses (speaking to her): YOU'RE A FIRST-YEAR PHYSICS STUDENT WITH DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR.
Woman: LUCKY GUESS.
Votey:
The woman, looking small and slightly sheepish, in a large speech bubble: BUT I REALLY FEEL RIGHT.
Woman with glasses and bobbed hair (speaking confidently): ECONOMICS IS STUPID BECAUSE IT ASSUMES PEOPLE BEHAVE RATIONALLY.
Panel 2:
Woman: I MEAN, LOOK AT ME! I'M PEOPLE, AND I'VE NEVER READ A SINGLE BOOK ON ECONOMICS, YET I'M POSITIVE THE ENTIRE FIELD IS FOUNDED ON A SINGLE OBVIOUSLY FALSE PREMISE!
Off-panel voice (with a hand gesturing in): EXPLAIN ME, ECONOMIST!
Panel 3:
A man with glasses (speaking to her): YOU'RE A FIRST-YEAR PHYSICS STUDENT WITH DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR.
Woman: LUCKY GUESS.
Votey:
The woman, looking small and slightly sheepish, in a large speech bubble: BUT I REALLY FEEL RIGHT.
Alt text
A three-panel comic. A woman with glasses and bobbed hair confidently declares, "Economics is stupid because it assumes people behave rationally." She continues, "I mean, look at me! I'm people, and I've never read a single book on economics, yet I'm positive the entire field is founded on a single obviously false premise!" An off-panel voice with a gesturing hand challenges her: "Explain me, economist!" In the final panel, a man with glasses calmly diagnoses her: "You're a first-year physics student with delusions of grandeur." She replies, deflated, "Lucky guess." Votey: The woman appears small in the corner beneath a large speech bubble that admits, "But I really feel right."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.