Comic #6851: science-4

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Here’s the transcription of the comic text:

Panel 1:

• Character 1: "YOU SCIENTISTS JUST WANT TO DESTROY MYSTERY! BUT HUMANS CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT WONDER!"
• Character 2: "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

Panel 2:

• Character 3: "LOOK AT COSMOLOGY! 300 YEARS AGO THE UNIVERSE IS PERFECT ORBS DANCING IN HARMONY. NOW WE’RE AN ISLAND OF RARE MATTER IN AN INFINITE MULTIVERSE MADE OF AN EXPANDING SPACETIME GLOB PULLED TOGETHER BY UNFATHOMABLE DARK STUFF AND PUSHED APART BY UNFATHOMABLE DARK ENERGY? WHAT THE FUCK DO THE WORDS I’M SAYING EVEN MEAN!?"

Panel 3:

• Character 4: "SCIENCE IS NOT A CANDLE IN THE DARK! IT’S A DOOR TO ANOTHER DARK ROOM WITH A DOOR TO ANOTHER DARK ROOM WITH A DOOR TO ANOTHER DARK—"
• Character 3: "OKAY OKAY!"

Panel 4:

• Character 2: "GEEZ, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE MAGIC OF UNDERSTANDING."
• Character 1: "UNDERSTANDING OCCURS IN ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRY, AND NOTHING ELSE."

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