Comic #2520: 2012-04-10

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Panel 1:

• Person 1: "First, the minimum possible area is the Planck area, ( P_a ), which is ( 2.6 \times 10^{-70} ) square meters."

Panel 2:

• Person 1: "Second, the area of the head of a pin (( A_p )) is ( 7.6 \times 10^{-6} ) square meters."

Panel 3:

• Person 1: "Third, ( A_p / P_a ) is about ( 3 \times 10^{64} )."

Panel 4:

• Person 1: "Q.E.D., between one, and… 30 vigintillion angels could dance on the head of a pin."

Panel 5:

• Person 2: "Q.E.D. Another bullshit philosophy problem falls before the might of the engineering mind."

Panel 6:

• Person 3: "You know there's no historical evidence that people ever seriously debated that question."

Panel 7:

• Person 1: "Can you build a spaceship out of history?"
• Person 2: "No."
• Person 1: "Then history is bullshit too!"