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The title text refers to how {{w|dynamite}}, an explosive, often used to have detonator boxes (aka. {{w|blasting machine}}s) which also looked similar to the top part of the box (without the lower whisker). These detonators were most commonly used for mining, with long wires leading to the explosives. Modern blasting machines are operated by push buttons and key switches, but the old push-handle design still resonates in the public consciousness today, due to its exposure in classic slapstick cartoon shorts like {{w|Looney Tunes}}, especially often used by {{w|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote}} against the Road Runner. See [https://youtu.be/0R66Fvhx0vQ?t=1m2s this compilation] for examples. | The title text refers to how {{w|dynamite}}, an explosive, often used to have detonator boxes (aka. {{w|blasting machine}}s) which also looked similar to the top part of the box (without the lower whisker). These detonators were most commonly used for mining, with long wires leading to the explosives. Modern blasting machines are operated by push buttons and key switches, but the old push-handle design still resonates in the public consciousness today, due to its exposure in classic slapstick cartoon shorts like {{w|Looney Tunes}}, especially often used by {{w|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote}} against the Road Runner. See [https://youtu.be/0R66Fvhx0vQ?t=1m2s this compilation] for examples. | ||
β | The title text also refers to so-called [http:// | + | The title text also refers to so-called [http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/pub/Main/TatsukiRcode/Poster3.pdf dynamite plots]. This type of plot used to be very common in scientific publications, but since it hides most details about one's actual data, it is now frowned upon. The recommended alternative is the box plot. |
The title text thus warns against this kind of data inflation, since sometimes it can go awry and lead to explosions. [[Randall]] has often made comics about presenting data as more important that they are, in one way or another, and this comics clearly falls into that category. See for example [[882: Significant]], [[1132: Frequentists vs. Bayesians]], [[1478: P-Values]] and [[1574: Trouble for Science]], and this one for manipulating the way data is presented: [[558: 1000 Times]]. | The title text thus warns against this kind of data inflation, since sometimes it can go awry and lead to explosions. [[Randall]] has often made comics about presenting data as more important that they are, in one way or another, and this comics clearly falls into that category. See for example [[882: Significant]], [[1132: Frequentists vs. Bayesians]], [[1478: P-Values]] and [[1574: Trouble for Science]], and this one for manipulating the way data is presented: [[558: 1000 Times]]. |