Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for February 27, 2015
February 26, 2015
March 05, 2015
Transcript:
the first scientist galileo: ...and i call this new process of hypothesis and experimentation the scientific method! kid: brilliant, galileo! galileo: now to test my hypothesis that all objects, regardless of mass, fall at the same rate. the experiment proves it! science! just think of what wonders we can learn... businessman: hogwash! this will hurt my business speedy heavy falling rocks, inc. and i have a scientist who disputes your theory. scientist: so it's really a toss-up. galileo: that's not how it works... husband: my family only accepts traditional and natural falling rocks! wife: your new sciency falling rocks caused my child to go cross-eyed! galileo: no... nut: and i think your whole experiment is a hoax! you faked it on a soundstage with a replica tower of pisa! galileo: what? i... nut: this painting shows it's a fake tower! see how this shadow is wrong? businessman: job killer! wife: monster! galileo: i'm getting out of the practical sciences! it's getting me into trouble! maybe i'll just make some observations about the earth and sun. priest: i'd be careful.
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wcorvi over 9 years ago
Things were SO much simpler back then – they would have just burned him at the stake. Or, if already famous, forced him to recant, and put him under house arrest.
Stryk428 over 9 years ago
You can be nonreligious and still be anti-science like Bill Maher.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 9 years ago
It only took 376 years for the church to formally admit that it was wrong about Galileo. The Earth may still be habitable by the time some admit they’re wrong about pollution. Regardless of climate, it’s bad to foul the air, water & soil.
BaltoBill over 9 years ago
It snowed yesterday so Global Warming is a hoax. See I have a snowball right here in my hand.
sassymm over 9 years ago
I love all the different conspiracy/paranoid rants/stupid science this references
King_Shark over 9 years ago
Actually, Galileo’s real experiment involved rolling different weights down an inclined plane. The Tower of Pisa thing is a myth.
rnmontgomery over 9 years ago
finally one of his strips I actually liked – it’s a rare one.
John Glynn creator over 9 years ago
reminds me of the movie “weird science” only this is a comedy
louieglutz over 9 years ago
actually they fell/rolled at different speeds due to atmospheric drag, but his instruments were not sufficiently accurate to detect the difference.
Ushindi over 9 years ago
@Balto Bill:Jim Inhofe is, of course, a big fan of the oil industry, so many times we don’t know if he’s actually stupid or being paid to say stupid things. Probably doesn’t really matter either way.Can’t actually click “reply” to your comment – maybe because the entire comment is a link (albeit a great one)?
3hourtour Premium Member over 9 years ago
..you can blame the propaganda all you want,but you know that this is what you really want..
Monster Hesh over 9 years ago
And what made the snowball melt? The Sun, getting hotter, for reasons! It’s SCIENCE! Earth’s atmosphere has actually been COOLING DOWN (at night) for years!! CHECKMATE, all you stupid people who know what you’re talking about!
markjoseph125 over 9 years ago
Correct; and it is fueled largely by religion. Dr Coyne on his blog, Why Evolution is True, deals with it often. A good closely related book is Chris Mooney’s The Republican War on Science.