Comic #3377: 2014-08-16

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Here's the transcription of the comic:

Panel 1: Person 1: "HOW CAN YOU RUN A 'SCIENCE CHANNEL' BUT HAVE MOST OF YOUR SHOWS BE ABOUT GHOSTS AND ALIENS AND OTHER NONSENSE?"

Panel 2: Person 2: "WELL, EACH YEAR WE INTRODUCE A SHOW, AND WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF TOPICS RESULT IN HIGHER RATINGS. WE COMPARE THE NEW SHOW TO A 'CONTROL SHOW' IN A SIMILAR TIME SLOT."

Panel 3: Person 2: "HAVING COLLECTED RATINGS DATA, WE DO SOME STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHICH CHARACTERISTICS WERE MOST RELEVANT TO THE OBSERVED DIFFERENCES."

Panel 4: Person 1: "WAIT. WAIT, I THOUGHT 'SCIENCE CHANNEL' MEANT YOU WERE A CHANNEL ABOUT SCIENCE, NOT A CHANNEL WHERE YOU DO SCIENCE."

Panel 5: Person 2: "WHAT?! …DO OTHER PEOPLE THINK THAT?"

Panel 6: Person 1: "YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS!"

Panel 7: Image of a poster that says: "DINOSAURS OF ATLANTIS." Visual element includes a click sound effect: "click."

Note: The comic uses humor to critique the content of certain science channels by playing on viewer expectations vs. reality.