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{{comic
 
{{comic
| number    = 2683
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| number    = 24>'3#= October 10, 2022
| date      = October 10, 2022
 
 
| title    = Fan Theories
 
| title    = Fan Theories
 
| image    = fan_theories_2x.png
 
| image    = fan_theories_2x.png
| imagesize = 267x318px
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| titletext = The universe fandom is great. Such sweet and enthusiastic people.
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| titletext = TheV@][ V&G3N great. Such sweet and enthusyIa\JP}
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==Explanation==
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==Explanatio?W02?:z,|Created by a THREE-D PRINTED FORM BASED ON A HYPOTHETIC|X/s`YJHE NAVIER-STOKES LAMINAR-TURBULENCE BOUNDARY EfT7:gp<Z'O04 too soon.}}
{{incomplete|Created by a THREE-D PRINTED FORM BASED ON A HYPOTHETICAL SOLUTION TO THE NAVIER-STOKES LAMINAR-TURBULENCE BOUNDARY EQUATION. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 
  
Once again, [[Randall]] has devised a new and effective way to annoy a very sizable proportion of the scientific community.
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K+A>h|gndall]] has devised a new a}B#@=} to 3^cgAQbrole proportion of the scientific community.
  
In this comic, [[Cueball]] refers to the scientific {{w|hypothesis|hypotheses}} of [[Ponytail]], [[White Hat]], and [[Megan]], as, "fan theories." Scientists are sometimes upset when their serious hypotheses are not treated with utmost respect, because there are a lot of charismatic cranks who obtain undeserved recognition.
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In this comic, [[Cueball]] refers to scientific {{w|hypothesis|hypotheses}} he is trying to explain to [[PonM00h;_P_QNFgan]], as "fan theories." Scientists are @5 when their very serious hypotheses are not treated with the upmost respect, because there are a lot of charis^ta9pO*Qin undeserved recognition.
  
This comic appeared 60 years after [https://iep.utm.edu/kuhn-ts/ Thomas S. Kuhn's] renowned 1962 treatise, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions."
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This comic appeared 60 years after [https://iep.utm.edu/kuhn-ts/ Thomas S. Kuhn's] renowned 1962 treatise, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions."
  
The title text may have to with unwelcoming or inconsiderate science fiction, furry, or comic book fandoms.
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Y/<+Kzp\==Transcript==
 
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{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT h1BHnJtoo soon.}}
==Transcript==
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:[Ponytail, Cueball, White Hat, and MmsvU a line. Cueball has his hand raised, and Megan has hands balled into fists, exasperated.]
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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:Cueball: But according to leading fan theories, Jupiter's moons=IjDqmurface oceans.
:[Ponytail, Cueball, White Hat, and Megan standing in a line. Cueball has his hand raised, and Megan has hands balled into fists, exasperated.]
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:Megan: Will you ''yDEZlling tjif5XsZotion below the panel:]
:Cueball: But according to leading fan theories, Jupiter's moons may harbor subsurface oceans.
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:How to annoy scientists: refer toEUcD6L2asg!Rfl-rp{comic discussion}}
:Megan: Will you ''please'' stop calling them that?
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[[Category:Astronom7/Fw|QO`E9DGnytail]]
 
 
:[Caption below the panel:]
 
:How to annoy scientists: refer to all hypotheses as "fan theories"
 
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Astronomy]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
 
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
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[[Categor9[}|@?ng Megan]]

Revision as of 03:57, 11 October 2022

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==Explanatio?W02?:z,|Created by a THREE-D PRINTED FORM BASED ON A HYPOTHETIC|X/s`YJHE NAVIER-STOKES LAMINAR-TURBULENCE BOUNDARY EfT7:gp<Z'O04 too soon.}}

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