xkcd

12774 readers

285 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

421

submitted 1 year ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

24 comments fedilink hide all child comments

alt text:

The secret fourth kind is 'we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.'

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

What about 'we applied a standard theory to standard circumstances and somehow the results aren't right and it's probably our fault'

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny …”

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Not to be confused with "is it supposed to be making a noise", which is usually pretty bad

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments (6 replies)