Read The Intro In Part One of our tale, Craig is visited by the Ghost of Woo Reasoning, namely Bertrand Russell’s Teapot. Makes sense. After all, both are unfalsifiable, imaginary things. The Ghost of Woo Reasoning was almost Ferdinand’s Booger, from the short-lived series I did on anecdotal vs. experimental evidence a while back. Acupuncture [...]
Speaking of priorities, before I talk about today’s comic I’d like to convey my heartfelt condolences to the people of Oslo, Norway in the wake of Friday’s terror attack. I’ve always viewed Norway —the whole Scandinavian region, really—as a safe, welcoming place for freethinkers, and it broke my heart to see it torn by this [...]
I know, I know. Today’s comic is a doozy. As I was drawing it, I found myself having to step further and further back to try to convey the ideas. By the time I was crafting an electromagnetic (EM) spectrum in photoshop, I had to say “Alright, that’s enough. We’re getting into grade-school science now.” [...]
I’m back from the depths of science. It was a rough (though fantastic) weekend, so you’ll forgive me if I’m slightly behind on subject matters. One the eve of the World Science Festival that so cruelly whisked me away from you, I saw an article on CNN.com that made a pretty stunning announcement: Cell Phones [...]
Aw. Yeah, I know. Really sorry everyone. As today’s ‘comic’ states, Nadir and I will be leaving for the Penny Arcade Expo tomorrow, and since work has decided to punish me for taking time off, I didn’t have time for a proper comic. I’ll make it up to you. I swear on me mammy’s grave. But [...]
No, it doesn’t. And there is no bus stop metaphor. I tried, dear sweet baby Velociraptor Jesus, I tried. I actually wrote a whole post trying to compare it with the future of space travel in America. But I felt it just took away from a self-admittedly wonderful comic. So I will mince words and [...]
Let it be known that as of January 17th, 2011: ‘Carl Sagan‘, or in this case ‘Sagan‘, can now be used as a verb. To Sagan is to wistfully ponder upon or wax poetic about the cosmos. Webster’s Dictionary, take note. What with the recent Astrology news, I scrapped the previous astrology comic I had [...]
Today’s comic not only introduces a new character, Bertrand Russell’s Teapot, but points a giggling finger at the lack of plausibility in homeopathic claims. Homeopathy is part of a collection of pseudoscientific modalities doctors like Dr. Mark Crislip, MD of Quackcast like to call Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, or SCAM. When you buy a homeopathic cold remedy [...]