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Nanase and Her Fox - 18 - HD
🕑 Added 2023-10-21 03:00:02 +0000 UTCBut how much science, exactly? - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-018
EDIT - Minor eyelash corrections
Commentary
I felt like I should define exactly what they're even doing from a "science" standpoint.
SO I DID.
The answer is "not much." They don't even have a hypothesis. They just want a general idea if what they're trying are help Nanase think the good, and this is probably good enough for that.
Tedd's not publishing a paper on this any time soon, however.
I feel like I'm cheating by not having Nanase pause for a second before saying "electrodes," which would've implied she had to think about it for a second. It's the sentence the comic ends on, however, and I wanted it to flow smoothly.
If I had to excuse it, she took a moment to think before speaking, so she didn't have to take a moment mid-sentence. She totally had to take a second to think of the right word, I promise you. IT'S OFFICIAL AUTHOR HEADCANON.
Comments
Ed Abrams (aka The Superdak)
Fox appears to be very id driven at this point.
Carl Fink
This is "exploratory research" and is 100% scientific. What they're doing is not formal (mostly because they aren't keeping detailed notes) but it's science.
Some Ed
Absolutely. But most of the papers I have read cite other experiments for the source of their hypotheses, rather than having an independent null hypothesis experiment. To be clear, my experience is not statistically representative, as I'm not a formal scientist and I only read experiments that intrigue me and are relatively cheap to get access to for non-professionals.
David Fenger
Hypotheses don't appear from thin air. You need to observe to generate them.
Some Ed
My headcanon says Fox is so upset because of how hard it is for her to focus enough to control her car as Nanase is saying "electrodes". As such, it absolutely is her being mad at a CPU, specifically her CPU, which isn't allocating its resources as she would prefer.
Some Ed
It's my impression it doesn't happen very often these days, but if I recall correctly, the scientific method does allow for a experimental phase where one looks to see if something is interesting in a particular area. This phase of research has received a great deal of criticism as it's only supposed to identify areas for future research and facilitate the development of hypotheses. That doesn't mean it isn't still valid for someone who actually uses it like that, which appears to be what Tedd is doing here.
M.
Fox does not care about the conversation. FOX IS GOING TO WIN.
B. Ratcliff
I'm the exact opposite, which is why I avoid pvp elements like the plague. Win or lose I always feel miserable after a pvp interaction.
Stephen Gilberg
I haven't gotten as angry as Fox over a PVP game since childhood. I'm likelier to get annoyed at the CPU.
Matt R
Love how expressive both Nanase and Fox are in this page
