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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 52 | | number = 52 | ||
− | | date = January | + | | date = January 23, 2006 |
| title = Secret Worlds | | title = Secret Worlds | ||
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| image = secret_worlds.jpg | | image = secret_worlds.jpg | ||
| titletext = No two adjacent circles are the same color. | | titletext = No two adjacent circles are the same color. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | The quote written in the large white circles comes from {{w|The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman}}, a comic book series about dreams. {{w|Neil Gaiman}} is a science fiction and fantasy author who came to fame for writing Sandman. | |
− | The | + | The meaning of the interconnected circles is ambiguous. They could represent the numerous dream worlds inside a person, or perhaps the worlds of different people. Or they could represent the cells inside our body or maybe even the neurons in our brain. Of course they could also simply be abstract decoration. |
− | {{ | + | The title text is most likely simple [[Nerd Sniping]]. How many of us, have not used some time to see if we could find a flaw. It could, however, also be a reference to the {{w|Four color theorem}}, which states that a {{w|graph theory|graph}} drawn on a flat plane (like this one) requires at most four colors so that each region differs from all of its neighbors. The comic uses four colors (red, yellow, green, blue) but it does not take the white circles with text into account, as they are all adjacent to at least one other white circle. They would need to be colored if they were to be included. But the titel text clearly only refers to the circles without text. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A multitude of circles connected with several lines. Most of them are rather small and colored red, yellow, green and blue. Nine of them are white, six of these are larger than all the other circles, but one is the same size as the largest colored (green) circle, and the two smallest are smaller than a few of the colored circles. Pieces of text | + | :[A multitude of circles connected with several lines. Most of them are rather small and colored red, yellow, green and blue. Nine of them are white, six of these are larger than all the other circles, but one is the same size as the largest colored (green) circle, and the two smallest are smaller than a few of the colored circles. Pieces of text is written in all the white circles. Although it can be confusing at first the reading order is still the normal one from left to right top to bottom. Readin the circles in that order gives the following text:] |
:"Everybody has a secret world inside of them. | :"Everybody has a secret world inside of them. | ||
:All of the people in the whole world | :All of the people in the whole world | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | * | + | *This is the fiftieth comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous comic was [[51: Malaria]], the next is [[53: Hobby]]. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Philosophy]] | [[Category:Philosophy]] | ||
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