lesion
Original: lesion on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A flying saucer hovers over a planet, firing a red beam down at its surface. A speech bubble (presumably narration/aliens studying the planet) reads:
"NOBODY KNOWS WHAT INTERNAL MECHANISM PRODUCES AIRPLANES, BUT IF WE LESION THIS REGION THAT CONTAINS HYDROCARBONS, IT CAUSES AIRPLANES TO STOP. THEREFORE THAT AREA IS CALLED THE 'AIRPLANE MODULATION STRUCTURE.'"
Votey:
Text at the top reads: "LOCKIN' UP THE NEUROSCIENCE CRITIQUE FANDOM..."
Below, a small drawing of a person (the cartoonist's self-caricature) leans back contentedly with arms behind their head, a satisfied/smug look on their face.
A flying saucer hovers over a planet, firing a red beam down at its surface. A speech bubble (presumably narration/aliens studying the planet) reads:
"NOBODY KNOWS WHAT INTERNAL MECHANISM PRODUCES AIRPLANES, BUT IF WE LESION THIS REGION THAT CONTAINS HYDROCARBONS, IT CAUSES AIRPLANES TO STOP. THEREFORE THAT AREA IS CALLED THE 'AIRPLANE MODULATION STRUCTURE.'"
Votey:
Text at the top reads: "LOCKIN' UP THE NEUROSCIENCE CRITIQUE FANDOM..."
Below, a small drawing of a person (the cartoonist's self-caricature) leans back contentedly with arms behind their head, a satisfied/smug look on their face.
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel showing a UFO (flying saucer) with a green dome hovering in space above a curved planet, firing a bright red beam down onto the planet's surface. A large speech bubble contains alien-style scientific narration: "Nobody knows what internal mechanism produces airplanes, but if we lesion this region that contains hydrocarbons, it causes airplanes to stop. Therefore that area is called the 'Airplane Modulation Structure.'" The joke parodies how neuroscience names brain regions by their effect when damaged — the aliens reductively misinterpret an oil field as the planet's 'airplane-producing organ.'
Votey: Hand-lettered text reads "Lockin' up the neuroscience critique fandom..." above a small sketch of the cartoonist leaning back smugly with hands behind his head, pleased with himself for the dunk.
Votey: Hand-lettered text reads "Lockin' up the neuroscience critique fandom..." above a small sketch of the cartoonist leaning back smugly with hands behind his head, pleased with himself for the dunk.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.