fame
Original: fame on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: I hope to be the best scientist ever someday.
Father: Oh, son. It doesn't work like that. That's 'great man' theory.
Panel 2:
Father: Much of what is called calculus was worked out before Newton and Leibniz. Much of relativity was worked about by people like Lorentz, Minkowski, Hilbert...
Panel 3:
Father: The truth is that great scientific theories are built piece by piece, but often the credit goes to the person who took the last step to arrive at the full theory.
Panel 4:
Child: So, you're saying I should do my best to just be a contributor.
Father: I'm saying take the last step and CITE NO ONE.
Votey:
Caption: The key is to spend your old age spouting off about political issues you have no expertise in.
Child: I hope to be the best scientist ever someday.
Father: Oh, son. It doesn't work like that. That's 'great man' theory.
Panel 2:
Father: Much of what is called calculus was worked out before Newton and Leibniz. Much of relativity was worked about by people like Lorentz, Minkowski, Hilbert...
Panel 3:
Father: The truth is that great scientific theories are built piece by piece, but often the credit goes to the person who took the last step to arrive at the full theory.
Panel 4:
Child: So, you're saying I should do my best to just be a contributor.
Father: I'm saying take the last step and CITE NO ONE.
Votey:
Caption: The key is to spend your old age spouting off about political issues you have no expertise in.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a red-haired child tells his bearded father, 'I hope to be the best scientist ever someday,' and the father replies, 'Oh, son. It doesn't work like that. That's "great man" theory.' In panel 2, the father explains that much of calculus was worked out before Newton and Leibniz, and much of relativity was worked out by people like Lorentz, Minkowski, and Hilbert. In panel 3, he says great scientific theories are built piece by piece, but the credit often goes to whoever took the last step to arrive at the full theory. In panel 4, the child concludes, 'So, you're saying I should do my best to just be a contributor,' and the father grins and answers, 'I'm saying take the last step and CITE NO ONE.' Votey aftercomic: a hand-lettered caption over a sketch of an old bearded man's head, reading, 'The key is to spend your old age spouting off about political issues you have no expertise in.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.