should
Original: should on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (a speaker addressing scientists, dark hair): "You scientists were so concerned with WHAT you COULD do, you didn't stop to think what you SHOULD do!"
Panel 2:
A scientist in the crowd (woman with glasses): "Actually, we were mostly concerned with getting enough grant funding to secure tenure."
Panel 3:
Another scientist (bearded man, eyes closed): "I'm not sure if I actually COULD do any of the things my papers claim. A lot of the effect sizes are small and I'm worried if I try to replicate they'll go away."
Panel 4:
The speaker (now looking dismayed): "God that's bleak. Isn't anyone here trying to create monster dinosaurs or death rays? That sort of thing?"
Panel 5:
The scientists in the crowd sit silently.
Panel 6:
The speaker, pleading with an outstretched hand: "Please scientists! Please go back to being concerned with what you COULD do!"
Votey:
A speech bubble trailing down to a small figure reads: "WILL THAT GET ME TENURE?"
Man (a speaker addressing scientists, dark hair): "You scientists were so concerned with WHAT you COULD do, you didn't stop to think what you SHOULD do!"
Panel 2:
A scientist in the crowd (woman with glasses): "Actually, we were mostly concerned with getting enough grant funding to secure tenure."
Panel 3:
Another scientist (bearded man, eyes closed): "I'm not sure if I actually COULD do any of the things my papers claim. A lot of the effect sizes are small and I'm worried if I try to replicate they'll go away."
Panel 4:
The speaker (now looking dismayed): "God that's bleak. Isn't anyone here trying to create monster dinosaurs or death rays? That sort of thing?"
Panel 5:
The scientists in the crowd sit silently.
Panel 6:
The speaker, pleading with an outstretched hand: "Please scientists! Please go back to being concerned with what you COULD do!"
Votey:
A speech bubble trailing down to a small figure reads: "WILL THAT GET ME TENURE?"
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A dark-haired man stands at a podium scolding an audience of scientists. He declares, "You scientists were so concerned with WHAT you COULD do, you didn't stop to think what you SHOULD do!" A woman with glasses in the crowd replies, "Actually, we were mostly concerned with getting enough grant funding to secure tenure." A bearded scientist adds, "I'm not sure if I actually COULD do any of the things my papers claim. A lot of the effect sizes are small and I'm worried if I try to replicate they'll go away." The speaker, now dismayed, says, "God that's bleak. Isn't anyone here trying to create monster dinosaurs or death rays? That sort of thing?" The scientists sit in silence. Pleading with an outstretched hand, the speaker begs, "Please scientists! Please go back to being concerned with what you COULD do!" Votey (a small bonus panel): a speech bubble trailing down to a tiny figure asks, "WILL THAT GET ME TENURE?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.