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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic refers to four remaining | + | {{incomplete|Created by HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This comic refers to four remaining final frontiers of human discovery and implies that other fields of research aren’t a challenge anymore. [[Randall]] states that this is based on popular usage which he probably analyzed by using a popular internet search engine. | ||
− | Outer ''' | + | Outer '''space’'' is so vast in size it’s impossible for humans to discover even just all stars in our Milky Way galaxy within a lifetime. |
− | '''The | + | '''The oceans’'' are deep, very deep. The vast majority of the deeper oceans hasn’t been visited by humans and there is still much life we don’t know. |
− | '''The human | + | '''The human mind’'' is not only very complex, but also often seems irrational, which makes it harder to investigate. Its relation to the brain is also somewhat mysterious: {{w|philosophy of mind}} is split on whether the mind is ultimately material (materialism) or immaterial (dualism). |
− | ''' | + | '''Alaska’'' is the largest state in the US by area and also the most sparsely populated. Many places in Alaska exist that have been only partially explored today. Randall was probably inspired by the TV series {{w|Alaska: The Last Frontier}}, which plays off of the state’s official nickname of “The Last Frontier”. |
− | The humor from this comic comes from the fact that | + | The humor from this comic comes from the fact that many readers would likely consider space, the oceans, and the human mind as a very different category of frontier than “Alaska” (for example, space is infinitely vast whereas the US state of Alaska has a larger population than the US state of Wyoming). |
− | The title text refers to the movie ''{{w|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier}}'' | + | The title text refers to the movie ''{{w|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier}}'' released in 1989. “Final frontier” is a recurring motif in the Star Trek franchise (coming from the opening narration for ''{{w|Star Trek: The Original Series}}'') and is used to describe the exploration of the “outer space”, which remains a big frontier to humans both in real life and within Star Trek. [[Randall]] however jokingly posits that the frontier to be explored is the film itself, and assumes that based on the fact that this movie has been out for a while (nearly thirty years) the movie should be fully explored in all its details by now. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[In a single framed picture a hand drawn | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | :[In a single framed picture a hand drawn rhombiod is shown. At the inside a few small arrows pointing to the four sides. The text in the middle reads:] | ||
:Human achievement so far | :Human achievement so far | ||