mammoth
Original: mammoth on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Setting: A cave with a rough sketch of a mammoth drawn on the wall behind the figures. A bearded caveman stands on a raised ledge, gesturing toward the cave drawing, addressing a group of three smaller cavemen who sit on the ground with their backs to the viewer, listening.
Bearded caveman (lecturing, gesturing at the mammoth drawing): "This not completely accurate model of mammoth. Am only meant build up intuition."
Votey:
A close-up of one of the seated cavemen's face, mouth open, evidently calling out a question or comment.
Seated caveman (speech bubble): "MODEL ONLY GOOD UP TO TWO DIMENSIONS."
Setting: A cave with a rough sketch of a mammoth drawn on the wall behind the figures. A bearded caveman stands on a raised ledge, gesturing toward the cave drawing, addressing a group of three smaller cavemen who sit on the ground with their backs to the viewer, listening.
Bearded caveman (lecturing, gesturing at the mammoth drawing): "This not completely accurate model of mammoth. Am only meant build up intuition."
Votey:
A close-up of one of the seated cavemen's face, mouth open, evidently calling out a question or comment.
Seated caveman (speech bubble): "MODEL ONLY GOOD UP TO TWO DIMENSIONS."
Alt text
A cartoon set in a cave. A bearded caveman in a fur loincloth stands on a rock ledge, hands raised, lecturing to three smaller cavemen who sit on the ground with their backs to us. On the cave wall behind him is a simple red sketch of a mammoth. He says, "This not completely accurate model of mammoth. Am only meant build up intuition." In the votey (aftercomic), a close-up of one seated caveman's open-mouthed face as he calls back, "MODEL ONLY GOOD UP TO TWO DIMENSIONS." The joke applies modern academic hedging about mathematical models to a prehistoric cave-drawing lecture.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.