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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a MISUNDERSTOOD ICEBERG. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | The [https://www.agcas.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/Resources/ITG/iceberg_metaphor.pdf Iceberg metaphor] is a famous metaphor sometimes [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31633371/ misattributed to Freud]. It asserts that the majority (often stated as 90%) of an iceberg is below the surface, as a metaphor for the invisible aspects of the thing being compared. For instance, the majority of mass in the universe does not appear to be in the form of ordinary ("baryonic") matter but dark matter or dark energy. Excluding dark energy, dark matter accounts for about 85% of the total mass of the universe. So baryonic matter is like the "tip of the iceberg," visible above the surface, while dark matter is the invisible majority of the iceberg below the surface. | |
− | The | + | The author deliberately misunderstands the metaphor by taking it literally. He thinks the teacher is saying the part of an iceberg below the surface is literally made of dark matter. He points out that the Titanic sank after its hull hit an iceberg underwater, which wouldn't be possible if it were made of dark matter. Dark matter is not known to interact at all with baryonic matter, except by gravity, and we have only ever detected it gravitationally. |
− | The title text references the myth that we use only 10% of our brain, and we could become more intelligent or powerful by "unlocking" the remaining 90%. If icebergs had brains, and the 90% in the "dark matter" part underwater used only 10% of its brain, while the tip | + | The title text references the myth that we use only 10% of our brain, and we could become more intelligent or powerful by "unlocking" the remaining 90%. If icebergs had brains, and the 90% in the "dark matter" part underwater used only 10% of its brain, while the tip used 100% of its brain, then most of the cognition would occur in the tip. However, the "9%" figure would still be meaningless; it should instead be 9/19 = 47.37%. In reality, human beings use pretty much all of their brain. They just don't use it all at the same time. Doing so wouldn't result in heightened intelligence or superpowers, but a (most likely fatal) seizure. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Ponytail is standing on a | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | :Off | + | :[Ponytail is standing on a podium and pointing to a chart depicting an iceberg in the water.] |
− | : | + | :Off screen voice: But then how did it interact with the ordinary baryonic matter in the Titanic's hull? |
− | : | + | :[Label of iceberg above the water:] Normal Matter |
+ | :[Label of iceberg beneath the water:] Dark Matter | ||
− | :[Caption below | + | :[Caption below panel:] |
− | :My Hobby | + | :My Hobby: Refusing to understand the iceberg metaphor |
− | :Refusing to understand the iceberg metaphor | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category: Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category: Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category: My Hobby]] | [[Category: My Hobby]] | ||
[[Category: Physics]] | [[Category: Physics]] | ||
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