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Lettherebedarklight: /* Transcript */ add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

2025-12-15T08:57:11Z

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92.23.2.228: Undo revision 382486 by 67.161.77.147 (talk) "Anything" fits better. We never do know "everything". Unless there's any innate knowledge, "everything/anything we learn" has to be learnt!

2025-07-29T00:26:39Z

Undo revision 382486 by 67.161.77.147 (talk) "Anything" fits better. We never do know "everything". Unless there's any innate knowledge, "everything/anything we learn" has to be learnt!

67.161.77.147: /* Explanation */

2025-07-28T22:51:46Z

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172.71.241.100: Undo revision 375881 by Translated ORK (talk) Don't be silly, that's ages away. Can't keep the reminder until then, if still active. (Interestingly, quite close to Apollo 11 centenary.)

2025-05-01T10:42:01Z

Undo revision 375881 by Translated ORK (talk) Don't be silly, that's ages away. Can't keep the reminder until then, if still active. (Interestingly, quite close to Apollo 11 centenary.)

Translated ORK at 09:48, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T09:48:08Z

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2024-11-14T11:13:23Z

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42.book.addict at 19:59, 27 February 2024

2024-02-27T19:59:04Z

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2023-12-18T14:52:23Z

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2023-12-17T17:38:53Z

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Pie Guy: /* Explanation */ updated with new information + minor expounding and grammar fixes

2023-11-13T19:46:56Z

‎Explanation: updated with new information + minor expounding and grammar fixes

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 ==Explanation==
-In this strip, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''everything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.
+In this strip, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''anything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.
 Since you can only learn something for the first time once, each of these 10,000 people are having a unique, unrepeatable experience of enlightenment, which Randall sees as something to be cherished, not criticized. In the second panel, Randall notes that if he makes fun of people for not knowing things, he is effectively training them to avoid sharing those moments with him, and thus he will miss innumerable opportunities to do something he considers fun. To drive the point home, the second panel shows Cueball finding out that Megan doesn't know about the "Diet Coke and Mentos thing", and - instead of making fun of her, Cueball affirms that Megan is part of a special and select group - she is one of the "Lucky 10,000" who, that day, will learn and experience that thing for the first time.

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 ==Explanation==
-In this strip, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''anything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.
+In this strip, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''everything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.
 Since you can only learn something for the first time once, each of these 10,000 people are having a unique, unrepeatable experience of enlightenment, which Randall sees as something to be cherished, not criticized. In the second panel, Randall notes that if he makes fun of people for not knowing things, he is effectively training them to avoid sharing those moments with him, and thus he will miss innumerable opportunities to do something he considers fun. To drive the point home, the second panel shows Cueball finding out that Megan doesn't know about the "Diet Coke and Mentos thing", and - instead of making fun of her, Cueball affirms that Megan is part of a special and select group - she is one of the "Lucky 10,000" who, that day, will learn and experience that thing for the first time.

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	In this strip, [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''anything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.		In this strip, [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''anything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.

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		+	{{incomplete\|please don't forget to add "not to be confused with [[10000]]" when that comic comes out}}
	In this strip, [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''anything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.		In this strip, [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] presents a mathematical argument against the idea of making fun of people for their ignorance. The mathematical argument, presented in the first panel, goes as follows: Since people aren't born knowing ''anything'', everyone has to learn everything for the first time at some point. By using the US national birth rate and assuming that most common facts that "every adult knows" are learned by age 30, Randall calculates that there are around 10,000 people in the US alone who learn any given common fact for the first time each day.

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 The Diet Coke and Mentos eruption has also been mentioned in a previous strip [[346: Diet Coke+Mentos]]. Both the eruption and this comic were referenced much later in the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|162|Comet Ice}}'', where the title text of the first image proclaims that "Some of the lucky 10,000 are less lucky than others", as demonstrated when [[Black Hat]] offers to "help" Cueball to stem his overflowing Diet Coke bottle by plugging the opening with Mentos. This comic also appears in a modified form in Randall's book ''[[How To]]'', in the introduction of the book. Supervolcanos would be mentioned again in [[1159: Countdown]] and in [[1611: Baking Soda and Vinegar]].
-The title text states, emphatically, that explaining a fact to a person for the first time (in this case, the existence of a supervolcano within the Yellowstone National Park) is much more entertaining than just expressing annoyance about their lack of knowledge. Here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxDGiVQNg8 good video] about the {{w|Yellowstone supervolcano}}. Interestingly, both events alluded to in this comic include an eruption, although of two very different kinds.{{Citation needed}}
+The title text states, emphatically, that explaining a fact to a person for the first time (in this case, the existence of a supervolcano within the Yellowstone National Park) is much more entertaining than just expressing annoyance about their lack of knowledge. Here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxDGiVQNg8 good video] about the {{w|Yellowstone supervolcano}}. Interestingly, both events alluded to in this comic include an eruption, although of two very different kinds.{{cn}}
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	The title text states, emphatically, that explaining a fact to a person for the first time (in this case, the existence of a supervolcano within the Yellowstone National Park) is much more entertaining than just expressing annoyance about their lack of knowledge. Here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxDGiVQNg8 good video] about the {{w\|Yellowstone supervolcano}}. Interestingly, both events alluded to in this comic include an eruption, although of two very different kinds{{Citation needed}}.		The title text states, emphatically, that explaining a fact to a person for the first time (in this case, the existence of a supervolcano within the Yellowstone National Park) is much more entertaining than just expressing annoyance about their lack of knowledge. Here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxDGiVQNg8 good video] about the {{w\|Yellowstone supervolcano}}. Interestingly, both events alluded to in this comic include an eruption, although of two very different kinds{{Citation needed}}.
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	The title text states, emphatically, that explaining a fact to a person for the first time (in this case, the existence of a supervolcano within the Yellowstone National Park) is much more entertaining than just expressing annoyance about their lack of knowledge. Here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxDGiVQNg8 good video] about the {{w\|Yellowstone supervolcano}}. Interestingly, both events alluded to in this comic include an eruption, although of two very different kinds{{Citation needed}}.		The title text states, emphatically, that explaining a fact to a person for the first time (in this case, the existence of a supervolcano within the Yellowstone National Park) is much more entertaining than just expressing annoyance about their lack of knowledge. Here is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxDGiVQNg8 good video] about the {{w\|Yellowstone supervolcano}}. Interestingly, both events alluded to in this comic include an eruption, although of two very different kinds{{Citation needed}}.
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		+	In the What If article "Comet Ice," the title text of the first image references this page.

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