philospohy
Original: philospohy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Red-haired young man: LOOK, SCIENTISTS DON'T NEED PHILOSOPHY. WE JUST NEED METHODOLOGY.
Panel 2:
Red-haired young man: ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS MAKE SURE YOU USE THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD PAIRED WITH THE CONCEPT OF FALSIFIABILITY.
Panel 3:
Red-haired young man: AS IS WELL-KNOWN, THESE AND RELATED IDEAS MATERIALIZED FROM NOBODY BECAUSE THEY WERE OBVIOUS.
Panel 4:
Red-haired young man: SO WHY DID HUMANITY SPEND ALL THOSE MILLENNIA JUST ABSOLUTELY WHIFFING ON SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS?
Bearded man: PROBABLY MISLED BY PHILOSOPHERS.
Votey:
Bearded man: NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE MY THEORY ON ALL OF HISTORY? I HAVE READ MANY BLOGS.
Red-haired young man: LOOK, SCIENTISTS DON'T NEED PHILOSOPHY. WE JUST NEED METHODOLOGY.
Panel 2:
Red-haired young man: ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS MAKE SURE YOU USE THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD PAIRED WITH THE CONCEPT OF FALSIFIABILITY.
Panel 3:
Red-haired young man: AS IS WELL-KNOWN, THESE AND RELATED IDEAS MATERIALIZED FROM NOBODY BECAUSE THEY WERE OBVIOUS.
Panel 4:
Red-haired young man: SO WHY DID HUMANITY SPEND ALL THOSE MILLENNIA JUST ABSOLUTELY WHIFFING ON SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS?
Bearded man: PROBABLY MISLED BY PHILOSOPHERS.
Votey:
Bearded man: NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE MY THEORY ON ALL OF HISTORY? I HAVE READ MANY BLOGS.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired young man in a green shirt argues with a bearded older man in a yellow shirt. Panel 1: the young man says scientists don't need philosophy, they just need methodology. Panel 2: he says all you have to do is use the experimental method paired with the concept of falsifiability. Panel 3: he claims these and related ideas materialized from nobody because they were obvious. Panel 4: he asks why humanity spent all those millennia whiffing on scientific progress; the bearded man dryly answers, 'Probably misled by philosophers.' The joke: the young man dismisses philosophy while unknowingly relying on hard-won philosophical concepts. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the bearded man, who adds, 'Now, would you like my theory on all of history? I have read many blogs.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.