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[JReynolds]

In Jeph's guest comic in Anders Loves Maria, the background is interesting.

There's a woman who is arguing with a guy who looks like Marten. The argument ends with the Marten look-alike getting his face slapped.

Does anybody else think the woman is Sweet Tits?

[WestEnder67]

Does bear a slight resemblance, yeah.

[lolwut]

I think I need a refresher: Who the fuck is Sweet-Tits?

[WestEnder67]

Sweet-Tits appeared in 1160 and 1167.

[lolwut]

Sweet-Tits appeared in 1160 and 1167.

oh, kay.

no, incidentally. hairstyle's wrong. (that's really the only indicator, everyone looks like everyone else in QC).

[JReynolds]

She also appeared in 1184.

Looking again, the hairstyle is similar, albeit with a different hair colour. Probably just a random chick then. Sigh.

[mustang6172]

I didn't think that was Sweet Tits in the background.  I thought that was just a throwback to the days where Faye punched Marten in every comic.

[JD]

It might not be a reference at all. Occam's razor

[mustang6172]

Occam's razor requires all things to be equal.  Things are never equal in webcomics.

[lolwut]

Occam's razor requires all things to be equal.  Things are never equal in webcomics.

whut

occams razor says that you shouldn't multiply entities needlessly, what the fuck are you talking about?

[Surgoshan]

Occam's razor requires all things to be equal.  Things are never equal in webcomics.

Occam's razor isn't a scientific principle.  Occam's razor isn't a mathematical principle.  Occam's razor is an aesthetic principle.  Occam's razor isn't necessarily true.

Occam's razor doesn't require things to be equal.  Occam's razor starts with "all else being equal"...

Occam's razor isn't known to or understood by mustang6172.

[mustang6172]

Occam's razor doesn't require things to be equal.  Occam's razor starts with "all else being equal"...

If you're going to split all these hairs, I suggest getting a new conditioner.

[KeepACoolin]

Occam's razor has never made sense to me.  I can't think of a single instance of abstract thought in which it is correct.  It would never have predicted cell structure, an accurate shape of the solar system, or, in this case, the identity of the Marten-slapping girl.

[Jimor]

Occam's razor has never made sense to me.  I can't think of a single instance of abstract thought in which it is correct.  It would never have predicted cell structure, an accurate shape of the solar system, or, in this case, the identity of the Marten-slapping girl.

The solar system thing is one of the prime examples of Occam's razor at work. You could either have the circles upon circles upon circles iterated to the nth degree to describe planetary orbits, or you could have Kepler's elipses.

And it's not Marten either, unless somebody has a theory that he dyed his hair brown one night in order to sneak out to a bar to hit on strange women behind Dora's back.

[KeepACoolin]

I mean Occam's razor based on observation.  Looking out into the sky, Occam's razor would suggest geocentrism.  I mean that it is inferior to investigation and research.  As a tool for finding answers, it is almost worthless.

[fifthfiend]

If you're going to split all these hairs, I suggest getting a new conditioner.

Occam's razor requires all things to be equal.  Things are never equal in webcomics.

Other things 'stang does or does not get: hairs, splitting of.

[Random832]

I mean Occam's razor based on observation.  Looking out into the sky, Occam's razor would suggest geocentrism.

How so?

[KeepACoolin]

The sun and moon quite obviously appear to orbit earth.  It took very detailed observation of the stars to even begin to suggest heliocentrism.  Even Galileo's theory was not immediately evident- I believe it was Brahe who suggested that Galileo's observations could be explained by smaller orbits around stars while the stars themselves continued to orbit the earth.  Obviously he was wrong, but alternate theories continued to exist until Capernicus (I have no idea how to spell that name).  Occam's razor would say, "All these bodies move through the sky in a circular pattern.  It's possible that the earth itself is spinning, but, given that we don't feel force of that nature, it seems most likely that things are orbiting the earth."

[championofkhorne]

am I the only one who doesnt think that looks like marten at all lol

[Random832]

The sun and moon quite obviously appear to orbit earth.  It took very detailed observation of the stars to even begin to suggest heliocentrism.  Even Galileo's theory was not immediately evident- I believe it was Brahe who suggested that Galileo's observations could be explained by smaller orbits around stars while the stars themselves continued to orbit the earth.  Obviously he was wrong, but alternate theories continued to exist until Capernicus (I have no idea how to spell that name).  Occam's razor would say, "All these bodies move through the sky in a circular pattern.  It's possible that the earth itself is spinning, but, given that we don't feel force of that nature, it seems most likely that things are orbiting the earth."

Except, "we don't feel force of that nature" is not "given" at all, with a centrifugal force of only .034M·m/s² at the equator and a coriolis force of 0.00015M·V/s at the poles.

[twillow456]

Except, "we don't feel force of that nature" is not "given" at all, with a centrifugal force of only .034M·m/s² at the equator and a coriolis force of 0.00015M·V/s at the poles.

w00t Sweet-Tits! I want her back! Maybe she's dating Chinese Delivery Man (2 points to anyone else who remembers CDM)

[championofkhorne]

can we take the geocentric discussion to another thread, pretty plx?