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Original: apple-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman (Eve) reclines on the ground in a lush green garden. She speaks:
Eve: "I MEAN THE WHOLE THING IS CRAZY. A LADY MADE FROM A RIB IS TRICKED BY A TALKING SNAKE INTO EATING MAGIC FRUIT, AND THEN SHE KNOWS STUFF? HOW DOES THIS EXPLAIN TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS? WOULDN'T THERE BE INBREEDING PROBLEMS?"
Caption (below panel):
Shortly after Eve ate the apple she became a skeptical materialist.
Votey:
A snake (drawn as a dinosaur/serpent shape with a long neck) speaks:
Snake: "YOU SHOULD BE MORE BAYESSSSSSIAN..."
A woman (Eve) reclines on the ground in a lush green garden. She speaks:
Eve: "I MEAN THE WHOLE THING IS CRAZY. A LADY MADE FROM A RIB IS TRICKED BY A TALKING SNAKE INTO EATING MAGIC FRUIT, AND THEN SHE KNOWS STUFF? HOW DOES THIS EXPLAIN TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS? WOULDN'T THERE BE INBREEDING PROBLEMS?"
Caption (below panel):
Shortly after Eve ate the apple she became a skeptical materialist.
Votey:
A snake (drawn as a dinosaur/serpent shape with a long neck) speaks:
Snake: "YOU SHOULD BE MORE BAYESSSSSSIAN..."
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel shows a woman, Eve, lounging on the grass in a green Garden of Eden. She delivers a skeptical rant: "I mean the whole thing is crazy. A lady made from a rib is tricked by a talking snake into eating magic fruit, and then she knows stuff? How does this explain transitional fossils? Wouldn't there be inbreeding problems?" A caption below reads: "Shortly after Eve ate the apple she became a skeptical materialist." The joke: eating the fruit of knowledge turns Eve into a science-minded skeptic who immediately picks apart the logic of her own origin story.
Votey: A long-necked serpent (drawn snake-like, almost dinosaur-shaped) leans in and says, "You should be more Bayesssssssian..." — the snake hisses the word 'Bayesian,' suggesting Eve should reason with Bayesian probability rather than flat skepticism.
Votey: A long-necked serpent (drawn snake-like, almost dinosaur-shaped) leans in and says, "You should be more Bayesssssssian..." — the snake hisses the word 'Bayesian,' suggesting Eve should reason with Bayesian probability rather than flat skepticism.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.