xkcd #3275: Calibration Nobel

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We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular.

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    As an example, I remember back in highschool physics we heard that some scientics just discover tychions travel faster than light. Well, it turns out that those scientists didn't have some piece of equipment plugged in all the way or something thus giving them those results.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I'm in this picture and I don't like it

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