scandinavia
Original: scandinavia on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with dark skin and glasses: DOES IT CONCERN YOU HOW MUCH SOCIAL SCIENCE WE BASE ON DATA FROM SCANDINAVIA?
Woman with dark hair and glasses: NAH.
Panel 2:
Woman with dark hair and glasses (in profile): IT'S THE RICHEST DATA SOURCE. NO OTHER COUNTRIES PROVIDE SUCH DETAILED METADATA.
Panel 3:
Woman with dark skin and glasses: BUT, WHAT IF SCANDINAVIANS ARE REALLY WEIRD? DON'T YOU WORRY THAT'LL BIAS EVERYTHING?
Woman with dark hair and glasses: HOW SO?
(caption, bottom): (inspired by something Noah Smith said)
Panel 4:
A book/journal cover titled "nature" showing an illustration of two identical young men (twins). Banner across the bottom: TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH ALWAYS LIKE PICKLED FISH
Votey:
WHY CAN'T THEY LIKE AMERICAN CHEESE LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE?
Woman with dark skin and glasses: DOES IT CONCERN YOU HOW MUCH SOCIAL SCIENCE WE BASE ON DATA FROM SCANDINAVIA?
Woman with dark hair and glasses: NAH.
Panel 2:
Woman with dark hair and glasses (in profile): IT'S THE RICHEST DATA SOURCE. NO OTHER COUNTRIES PROVIDE SUCH DETAILED METADATA.
Panel 3:
Woman with dark skin and glasses: BUT, WHAT IF SCANDINAVIANS ARE REALLY WEIRD? DON'T YOU WORRY THAT'LL BIAS EVERYTHING?
Woman with dark hair and glasses: HOW SO?
(caption, bottom): (inspired by something Noah Smith said)
Panel 4:
A book/journal cover titled "nature" showing an illustration of two identical young men (twins). Banner across the bottom: TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH ALWAYS LIKE PICKLED FISH
Votey:
WHY CAN'T THEY LIKE AMERICAN CHEESE LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE?
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A woman with dark skin and glasses asks another woman with dark hair and glasses, "Does it concern you how much social science we base on data from Scandinavia?" The second woman replies, "Nah." Panel 2: The dark-haired woman, shown in profile, continues, "It's the richest data source. No other countries provide such detailed metadata." Panel 3: The first woman presses, "But, what if Scandinavians are really weird? Don't you worry that'll bias everything?" The second woman answers, "How so?" A caption at the bottom reads, "(inspired by something Noah Smith said)." Panel 4: A mock cover of the journal "nature" shows an illustration of two identical young men (twins) with a banner reading, "Twins separated at birth always like pickled fish" — implying Scandinavian study subjects are indeed weird. Votey (bonus panel): Handwritten text reads, "Why can't they like American cheese like normal people?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.