Talk:2986: Every Scientific Field

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
Revision as of 11:38, 17 September 2024 by 172.70.111.167 (talk) (had a similar thought)
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My reading of the comic is completely opposite to the current explanation. Rather than the large section being what 'a disproportionate amount of time is spent on', it's the small section, which is why we've heard of that stuff. To me, the large section represents the bulk of what is there to be studied, but is relatively poorly understood, so the point of the comic is emphasising how little we actually know about stuff in relation to what there is to be known. 172.70.160.136 11:16, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

I didn't like the word 'disproportionate' either, because to me it sounded like an accusation of too much time being spent in the wrong branch, which is not what Randall is saying. I reworded and fleshed out the description. Better now? 172.70.111.167 11:38, 17 September 2024 (UTC)