Comic #2503: 2012-03-24

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Panel 1: Title: When Scientists Discuss Papers “I don’t think this inference is entirely reasonable. If you’re using several non-independent variables, you’re liable to accumulate more error than your model accounts for.”

Panel 2: Title: When Scientists Discuss Grants “A guy who worked at the NSF once told me if we light a candle within this jackal skull, the funders will smile upon our hopes.” “I’ll get the altar!”