Reported today by FreeBSD’s ”fortune” program:

Psychologists think they’re experimental psychologists.

Experimental psychologists think they’re biologists.

Biologists think they’re biochemists.

Biochemists think they’re chemists.

Chemists think they’re physical chemists.

Physical chemists think they’re physicists.

Physicists think they’re theoretical physicists.

Theoretical physicists think …

Recently: http://www.gilestro.tk/2009/lots-of-smoke-hardly-any-gun-do-climatologists-falsify-data/.

Simultaneously, found on the Independer:

Climate models, which is what the “scientists” use cannot produce evidence. They give a large number of “what if” scenarios. Picking one of these because it fits with the political message is snake-oil selling; not science.

Go check …

… as an annotation in issue #1845 of Irregular WebComic!.

As a fan of Hofstadter I recognize that this explanation work is truly a mastery of pedagogy. It introduces Gödel’s theorem and its impact smoothly and clearly, making it understandable to anyone with a basic understanding of science.

Instead of …