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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic shows a view that many physics students | + | This comic shows a view that many physics students believe every field can be modeled using an over-simplified model. This argument is similar to the {{w|Spherical cow}} and idea that basic models taught in early physics classes only working in friction-less vacuums as shown in [[669: Experiment]]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball stands at a blackboard covered in equations and diagrams, an open laptop and scattered paper at his feet. His fists are balled in anger and there is a little angry squiggle over his head. A | + | :[Cueball stands at a blackboard covered in equations and diagrams, an open laptop and scattered paper at his feet. His fists are balled in anger and there is a little angry squiggle over his head. A friend stands behind him, arms out in a shrug.] |
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− | + | :Friend: You're trying to predict the behavior of <complicated system>? Just model it as a <simple object>, and then add some secondary terms to account for <complications I just thought of>. -- Easy, right? -- So, why does <your field> need a whole journal, anyway? | |
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:Liberal-arts majors may be annoying sometimes, but there's ''nothing'' more obnoxious than a physicist first encountering a new subject. | :Liberal-arts majors may be annoying sometimes, but there's ''nothing'' more obnoxious than a physicist first encountering a new subject. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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