facts
Original: facts on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bearded man speaks to another man (seen from behind).
Bearded man: "If a bunch of 'facts' are coming out against my view, that just shows you hidden forces are trying to overturn my view because it's so true!"
Other man (small reaction): "Wow. So beautiful. Like a crystal."
Caption below the panel:
Mathematically, my uncle is said to exhibit viewpoint invariance under new information.
Votey:
A simply-drawn face gazes upward with a slight smile.
Speech bubble: "Perfectly time-symmetric opinions!"
A bearded man speaks to another man (seen from behind).
Bearded man: "If a bunch of 'facts' are coming out against my view, that just shows you hidden forces are trying to overturn my view because it's so true!"
Other man (small reaction): "Wow. So beautiful. Like a crystal."
Caption below the panel:
Mathematically, my uncle is said to exhibit viewpoint invariance under new information.
Votey:
A simply-drawn face gazes upward with a slight smile.
Speech bubble: "Perfectly time-symmetric opinions!"
Alt text
A two-panel-style SMBC comic. In the main panel, a bearded man gestures while telling another man (shown from behind): "If a bunch of 'facts' are coming out against my view, that just shows you hidden forces are trying to overturn my view because it's so true!" The other man responds in awe, "Wow. So beautiful. Like a crystal." A caption beneath reads: "Mathematically, my uncle is said to exhibit viewpoint invariance under new information" — a physics-style joke about opinions that never change regardless of evidence. The votey (aftercomic) shows a simply drawn face looking upward, smiling, with a speech bubble: "Perfectly time-symmetric opinions!" — extending the physics metaphor to a person whose views are unchanged forward or backward in time.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.