pseudoscience
Original: pseudoscience on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A balding older man (a therapist/psychologist) sits on a stool holding a card, facing a woman with reddish hair in a pink jacket who sits across from him.
Man: I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS INK BLOT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE.
Panel 2:
Close-up of the woman, leaning forward and shouting angrily.
Woman: I SEE A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC "TESTING" METHOD WITH NO EMPIRICAL VALIDITY!
Panel 3:
Close-up of the man looking down at the card, calmly making a note.
Man: VERY GOOD
Panel 4:
A view of the inkblot card itself: the "ink blot" is actually a crude drawing of a stick figure standing with arms spread, with a wavy line beneath it.
Votey:
A simple line-drawing of a smiling face.
Caption (speech): I'M GREAT AT THIS!
A balding older man (a therapist/psychologist) sits on a stool holding a card, facing a woman with reddish hair in a pink jacket who sits across from him.
Man: I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS INK BLOT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE.
Panel 2:
Close-up of the woman, leaning forward and shouting angrily.
Woman: I SEE A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC "TESTING" METHOD WITH NO EMPIRICAL VALIDITY!
Panel 3:
Close-up of the man looking down at the card, calmly making a note.
Man: VERY GOOD
Panel 4:
A view of the inkblot card itself: the "ink blot" is actually a crude drawing of a stick figure standing with arms spread, with a wavy line beneath it.
Votey:
A simple line-drawing of a smiling face.
Caption (speech): I'M GREAT AT THIS!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a balding therapist sits on a stool holding a card facing a red-haired woman in a pink jacket and says, "I want you to look at this ink blot and tell me what you see." Panel 2: a close-up of the woman shouting angrily, "I see a pseudoscientific 'testing' method with no empirical validity!" Panel 3: a close-up of the therapist calmly making a note and saying, "Very good." Panel 4: the card is revealed; the supposed inkblot is actually a crude stick figure with arms spread above a wavy line, implying the test was rigged so her cynical answer was the intended one. Votey aftercomic: a simple smiling line-drawn face with the caption "I'm great at this!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.