Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 01, 2009

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    Sharon1942  over 15 years ago

    Now we know what Al Gore is!

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    pouncingtiger  over 15 years ago

    The female perrogative

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    That sounds like an obscure sort of phylosophy.

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    johnparadox  over 15 years ago

    I thought that was called ‘Intelligent Design”

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    Lunatic  over 15 years ago

    Hmm, exact same job description as “theist”.

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    Akenta  over 15 years ago

    It will let her apply her math skills.

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    rlgrant  over 15 years ago

    johnparadox, it will be too late, but I will still wave to you from across the abyss.

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    Bittermelon of Truth  over 15 years ago

    Lucy should know better than to ask open-ended questions like that…. (plus I love her oh-no-here-we-go-again face in the 3rd panel!)

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    prasrinivara  over 15 years ago

    Eh, I thought Al Gore had a monopoly on that.

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    wicky  over 15 years ago

    Al Gore is the foremost authority .

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    txjak  over 15 years ago

    Hey, this isn’t a new science, it’s what creation scientists have been doing all along.

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    fotodik Premium Member over 15 years ago

    The only thing missing to Danea’s notion is that when events prove you wrong, you have no accountability ! Yeah, that’s Al Gore alright

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    Whenever Danae grows up to be a pre-conceptual scientist, she should be competed with others for being a success.

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    Dutchboy1  over 15 years ago

    Isn’t this a repeat from several months ago? I remember because I made a comment about evolution being just like that and all the evolutionists went bananas and lost their minds. And plus4, you’re absolutely right. There is a definite bias in the science community. They are willing to consider any possibility, no matter how goofy, as long as it has nothing to do with GOD. I even heard one ‘researcher’ say that the intelligent way that life works (a point that he didn’t dispute) is because it’s possible that ALIENS from another world put life on Earth, but he ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to even consider the possibility that GOD did this. Granted, religion in general had done a pretty poor job of presenting who GOD is, but if a scientist refuses to even consider any possibility, whatever it may be, because he or she doesn’t like it, it invalidates all his or her work from that point on: as in “what OTHER possibilities is he not willing to even consider because he doesn’t like them, that is going to bias his research?”

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    I like the way Danae assigns brand new, socially acceptable names to very old and unworkable bad habits.

    And I love the way she nailed BOTH science and religion with this one, haha.

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    kirbey  over 15 years ago

    gee… I read comics in the morning to start my day off with a smile not…..

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    Dutchboy1  over 15 years ago

    Absolutely right, grazer.

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    MurphyHerself  over 15 years ago

    There’s crackpots everywhere.

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    bmonk  over 15 years ago

    Yes, as has been pointed out, for example in string theory, untestable hypotheses are not good science. Hypotheses that, even when tested and fail, and, like Danae does, continue to be accepted by denying the evidence, are not good science. It is always a danger: even the best professional scientists can cling to a familiar or beloved theory after it has been shown wrong. (Albert Einstein never did accept Quantum Mechanics), but that puts them out of the mainstream of developing science. So, in general, science (complete with testable predictions) is self-correcting, which is its great strength.

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    Attroc  over 15 years ago

    I to simply enjoy the comic for its witty humor!

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    johnnydoc5  over 15 years ago

    Danae will make an excellent politician someday. Either side, it doesn’t matter.

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    txjak  over 15 years ago

    Yeah, plus4, AiG is really unbiased. Riiight.

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    Wiley creator over 15 years ago

    This strip, as well as the rest of this week, appeared 4 years ago.

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    treered  over 15 years ago

    this is from 4 yrs ago? TIMELESS!

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    Dutchboy1  over 15 years ago

    Hey Wiley! I love your strip and your view on things. :) Four years ago, huh? I thought it was sooner than that. And Danae hasn’t changed a bit! :D

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    GNWachs  over 15 years ago

    We in medicine like to think we practice deductive reasoning. What she seems to be describing is inductive reasoning and that is how law is practiced. How else would a defense attorney get his guilty client off?

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    Nelly55  over 15 years ago

    thanks for the laugh re-run Wiley. As for all the drivel from the comments section……….get a funny bone and get a life

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    DonVanni  over 15 years ago

    Sounds like religion to me.

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    peterkeenan  over 15 years ago

    Scientists should not concern themselves with the ‘why’, and creationists should not concern themselves with the ‘how’.

    That’s where all the trouble springs from … though it does make for great blogs!

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    strodgers  over 15 years ago

    “Leonardeuler said, about 17 hours ago

    That sounds like an obscure sort of phylosophy.”

    Actually, it’s philosophy -I and no Y-

    2nd, It would be probably along the lines of metaphysics.

    the study of ideas that can’t yet be explained by science.

    Imagine “The Matrix” (what is reality)

    and no, Danae didn’t act like a Metaphysician, just herself.

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    Redshoescow  over 15 years ago

    Danae is my fave…. 29 + 5 = that’s not my problem

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    Nightowl57  over 15 years ago

    The concept of evolution does not in any way interfere with my religion. I can believe in the repeatable science and at the same time have faith in my religion. To take it one step further, could we just be the contents of a drop of water in the petri dish of some kid in a science class in another world? How would the creation scientist treat that theory? In MHO evolution is the result of the survival of the fittest and strongest. It is sometimes the result of the less tasty or the quickest. Also in MHO, those who cannot believe in both evolution and their religion are sort of narrow minded. Non-sequitur has hit the nail firmly on the head with a big hammer.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 15 years ago

    I’m with nightowl57 – religion and science are 2 different entities and do not have to clash – I’m an anthropologist and I teach evolution but it does not have any impact on my religious beliefs.

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 15 years ago

    I’m with nightowl57 – religion and science do not have to clash. I’m an anthropologist and I teach evolution but it has no impact on my religious beliefs. I also agree with all the folks who said in effect – this is a comic, it’s supposed to be funny, get a life and stop turning it into a religious & political war.

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