social-science
Original: social-science on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (pink background, caption header):
Caption: A CONSISTENT VIEW:
Man in yellow shirt (shrugging): "Social science is wrong about everything. It's all nonsense masquerading as science."
Panel 2 (orange background, caption header):
Caption: ALSO A CONSISTENT VIEW:
Person in blue shirt (frowning, pointing): "Social science is a science like any other. It makes testable predictions, runs experiments, and collects data."
Panel 3 (green background, caption header):
Caption: NOT A CONSISTENT VIEW, BUT WEIRDLY COMMON:
Person in red shirt (eyes closed, gesturing), three speech bubbles:
"Social science is wrong about everything."
"My personal intuitions about society are not social science."
"Therefore, my personal intuitions are the truth."
Votey:
A single panel. A person with closed eyes raises a finger and declares: "I have this great new idea I call 're-education camps'!"
Caption: A CONSISTENT VIEW:
Man in yellow shirt (shrugging): "Social science is wrong about everything. It's all nonsense masquerading as science."
Panel 2 (orange background, caption header):
Caption: ALSO A CONSISTENT VIEW:
Person in blue shirt (frowning, pointing): "Social science is a science like any other. It makes testable predictions, runs experiments, and collects data."
Panel 3 (green background, caption header):
Caption: NOT A CONSISTENT VIEW, BUT WEIRDLY COMMON:
Person in red shirt (eyes closed, gesturing), three speech bubbles:
"Social science is wrong about everything."
"My personal intuitions about society are not social science."
"Therefore, my personal intuitions are the truth."
Votey:
A single panel. A person with closed eyes raises a finger and declares: "I have this great new idea I call 're-education camps'!"
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic about attitudes toward social science. Panel 1 (pink, captioned 'A CONSISTENT VIEW:'): a man shrugs and says social science is wrong about everything, all nonsense masquerading as science. Panel 2 (orange, captioned 'ALSO A CONSISTENT VIEW:'): a person frowns and says social science is a real science that makes testable predictions, runs experiments, and collects data. Panel 3 (green, captioned 'NOT A CONSISTENT VIEW, BUT WEIRDLY COMMON:'): a person delivers a three-part chain of logic across three speech bubbles: 'Social science is wrong about everything,' 'My personal intuitions about society are not social science,' 'Therefore, my personal intuitions are the truth.' The joke skewers people who dismiss social science yet exempt their own gut beliefs. Votey aftercomic: the same self-assured person raises a finger and proudly announces, 'I have this great new idea I call "re-education camps"!'—implying that unchecked personal intuitions lead somewhere sinister.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.