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1234231587678: sorry if i'm erasing something important, i just don't really understand what that was doing there .-.

2026-04-08T13:56:49Z

sorry if i'm erasing something important, i just don't really understand what that was doing there .-.

1234231587678 at 13:54, 8 April 2026

2026-04-08T13:54:26Z

42.book.addict: we don't use TOCs in comic pages

2025-10-23T05:06:07Z

we don't use TOCs in comic pages

2001:4450:813D:C800:FCCA:442D:8C9D:DF33 at 22:04, 22 October 2025

2025-10-22T22:04:38Z

172.70.86.148: Undo revision 337661 by 172.71.158.35 (talk) That would be incorrect markup (whether or not it's supposed to be nowikied to make it a 'visible comment-tagging').

2024-03-19T06:46:54Z

Undo revision 337661 by 172.71.158.35 (talk) That would be incorrect markup (whether or not it's supposed to be nowikied to make it a 'visible comment-tagging').

172.71.158.35: /* Explanation */

2024-03-18T23:58:46Z

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FaviFake: Fixed broken link (was a redirect)

2023-05-22T08:07:14Z

Fixed broken link (was a redirect)

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2022-05-04T21:32:43Z

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 21:32, 4 May 2022

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 In the title text, White Hat just remembers another thing he's right about. This demonstrates even more clearly that he is not interested in a discussion on the merits of a topic, but instead is seeking only recognition and validation for being right. This bears some similarity to [[386: Duty Calls]], in which [[Cueball]] stays up late correcting someone on the Internet, and [[2051: Bad Opinions]], where Cueball actively seeks out people with bad opinions for him to correct.
-White Hat may have incorrectly remembered that, while the valence quarks in a proton are all matter, quantum field theory says that protons also contain an indefinite number of "virtual" anti-quarks, quarks, and gluons (see the video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraNu_78sCwv What are Quarks?]''). His final comment could be referring to the ontological debate over whether virtual particles are in some sense real or only an artefact of perturbation theory. Alternatively, he may have been confused by the fact that negatively charged quarks contribute negatively to baryon number. <nowiki><!--</nowiki> I think that that's incorrect; could you be thinking about strangeness and bottomness instead? I'm not wrong, but let's talk about something else that I'm right about instead. <nowiki>--></nowiki>
+White Hat may have incorrectly remembered that, while the valence quarks in a proton are all matter, quantum field theory says that protons also contain an indefinite number of "virtual" anti-quarks, quarks, and gluons (see the video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraNu_78sCwv What are Quarks?]''). His final comment could be referring to the ontological debate over whether virtual particles are in some sense real or only an artefact of perturbation theory. Alternatively, he may have been confused by the fact that negatively charged quarks contribute negatively to baryon number.
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 ==Explanation==
-All matter that we encounter in everyday life is normal matter and not {{w|antimatter}}. Atoms, while once when they were named believed to be the smallest unit of matter, are now known to be made up of {{w|protons}}, {{w|neutrons}} and {{w|electrons}}. Protons and neutrons are in turn made up of {{w|quarks}}, which are fundamental particles (meaning not made of other particles). Quarks come in six different "{{w|Flavour (particle physics)|flavours}}" (up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange), with protons and neutrons being made of up and down quarks. Each flavour also has a corresponding {{w|antiparticle}}, an antiquark, which would make up antiprotons and antineutrons.
+Almost all matter that we encounter in everyday life is normal matter and not {{w|antimatter}}. Atoms, once believed to be the smallest unit of matter, are now known to be made up of {{w|protons}}, {{w|neutrons}} and {{w|electrons}}. Protons and neutrons are in turn made up of {{w|quarks}}, which are fundamental particles, which are not made of other particles. Quarks come in six different "{{w|Flavour (particle physics)|flavours}}" (up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange), with protons and neutrons being made of up and down quarks. Each flavour also has a corresponding {{w|antiparticle}}, an antiquark, which would make up antiprotons and antineutrons.
-[[White Hat]] and [[Megan]] appear to be discussing the topics of antimatter and subatomic particles. White Hat makes the assertion that we (referring to people and objects) are made partially of antimatter, because, as he claims, a proton (one of the particles which make up all matter) is made of two quarks and an antiquark. In fact, protons are made up of two up quarks and a down quark, which are all not antiquarks. He is likely making the mistake of mixing up the "up" and "down" flavours of quarks (which can be seen as complementary flavours of quarks) and mistaking them to be mutual antiparticles. He continues to elaborate on his idea by mentioning neutrons, which are made of two down quarks and an up quark.
+[[White Hat]] and [[Megan]] appear to be discussing the topics of antimatter and subatomic particles. White Hat asserts that people and objects are made partially of antimatter, because, as he claims, a proton (one of the particles which make up matter) is made of two quarks and an antiquark. In fact, protons are made up of two up quarks and a down quark, which is not an antiquark. He is likely making the mistake of mixing up the "up" and "down" flavours of quarks, which can be seen as complementary flavours of quarks, and mistaking them to be mutual antiparticles. He continues to elaborate on his idea by mentioning neutrons, which are made of two down quarks and an up quark.
-When Megan (accurately) doubts his claim, White Hat takes out his smartphone to look it up, in order to show Megan that he is correct. However, upon researching online, he realizes that he was, in fact, '''wrong''' (hence the title of the comic). Not wanting to admit being incorrect or yield his position in the discussion, he convinces himself that he wasn't actually wrong, as depicted by his mentally erasing the realization that he was wrong. Instead, he completely changes the topic to try and re-frame it so that he is not wrong. In this case, he circles back and criticizes the entire scientific concept of "particles", which can be seen as an attempt at a {{w|straw man}} on his part. Presumably, he will go on to explain how humans are not made of particles and quarks, but of waves.
+When Megan doubts his claim, White Hat takes out his smartphone to look it up, in order to show Megan that he is correct. However, upon researching online, he realizes that he was, in fact, '''wrong''', hence the title of the comic. Unwilling to admit being incorrect or yield his position in the discussion, he convinces himself that he wasn't actually wrong, as depicted by a scribble covering his realization. Instead, he completely changes the topic to try and re-frame it in order to prove that he wasn't wrong. In this case, he circles back and criticizes the entire scientific concept of "particles", which can be seen as an attempt at a {{w|straw man}} on his part. Presumably, he will go on to explain how humans are not made of particles and quarks, but of waves.
-It is rather common to be unwilling to admit fault (the whole topic of this comic) and to instead try to maintain an air of infallibility and intelligence. Some people are just too prideful to admit that they are inherently fallible. White Hat is one of those people, as depicted in several of his earlier appearances (see [[#Trivia|trivia section]]). [[Randall]] uses this comic to criticize people who are unable to put aside their ego and re-assess what they know in the face of empirical data. Such thinking flies directly against scientific rigor (adding an extra layer of irony to the situation, since White Hat and Megan are discussing a ''scientific'' topic). This method had already been called ''wrong'' in [[803: Airfoil]].
+It is rather common to be unwilling to admit fault and to instead try to maintain an air of infallibility and intelligence. Some people are just too prideful to admit that they are inherently fallible. White Hat is one of those people, as depicted in several of his earlier appearances (see [[#Trivia|trivia section]]). [[Randall]] uses this comic to criticize people who are unable to put aside their ego and re-assess what they know in the face of empirical data. Such thinking flies directly against scientific rigor, adding an extra layer of irony to the situation, since White Hat and Megan are discussing a ''scientific'' topic. This method had already been called ''wrong'' in [[803: Airfoil]].
-White Hat's new topic, where he can be right, includes the {{w|quantum field theory}}, a very complicated field, which it is likely one Megan is not well versed in (inferred by the fact that she was not quite sure about the anti-quarks). So he may be raising the topic because he believes she will not understand it sufficiently to refute his correctness. Megan, however, recognizes exactly what he is trying to do, and can only sigh in response to his failed efforts. In the QFT, particles are often described as {{w|Resonance (particle physics)|resonances}} or {{w|excited state|excited states}} of the underlying physical field, in the same way as photons may be thought of as excitations in the electromagnetic field; in this way White Hat appears to be dismissing his earlier errors by implying that particles are merely an effect of something more complex, of which he can demonstrate his knowledge. Furthermore, in quantum field theory quarks do not exist in the conventional sense.
+White Hat's new topic, where he can be right, includes {{w|quantum field theory}} (QFT), a very complicated field, which is likely one Megan is not well versed in, as she was not quite sure about the anti-quarks. So he may be raising the topic because he believes she will not understand it sufficiently to refute his statements. Megan, however, recognizes exactly what he is trying to do, and can only sigh in response to his failed efforts. In QFT, particles are often described as {{w|Resonance (particle physics)|resonances}} or {{w|excited state|excited states}} of the underlying physical field, in the same way as photons may be thought of as excitations in the electromagnetic field; in this way White Hat appears to be dismissing his earlier errors by implying that particles are merely an effect of something more complex, of which he can demonstrate his knowledge. Furthermore, in quantum field theory, quarks do not exist in the conventional sense.
 In the title text, White Hat just remembers another thing he's right about. This demonstrates even more clearly that he is not interested in a discussion on the merits of a topic, but instead is seeking only recognition and validation for being right. This bears some similarity to [[386: Duty Calls]], in which [[Cueball]] stays up late correcting someone on the Internet, and [[2051: Bad Opinions]], where Cueball actively seeks out people with bad opinions for him to correct.
-White Hat may have incorrectly remembered that, while the valence quarks in a proton are all matter, quantum field theory says that protons also contain an indefinite number of "virtual" anti-quarks, quarks, and gluons. See this video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraNu_78sCwv What are Quarks?]'' about this. His final comment could be referring to the ontological debate over whether virtual particles are in some sense real or only an artefact of perturbation theory. Alternatively, he may have been confused by the fact that negatively charged quarks contribute negatively to baryon number. <nowiki><!--</nowiki> I think that that's incorrect; could you be thinking about strangeness and bottomness instead? I'm not wrong, but let's talk about something else that I'm right about instead. <nowiki>--></nowiki>
+White Hat may have incorrectly remembered that, while the valence quarks in a proton are all matter, quantum field theory says that protons also contain an indefinite number of "virtual" anti-quarks, quarks, and gluons (see the video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraNu_78sCwv What are Quarks?]''). His final comment could be referring to the ontological debate over whether virtual particles are in some sense real or only an artefact of perturbation theory. Alternatively, he may have been confused by the fact that negatively charged quarks contribute negatively to baryon number. <nowiki><!--</nowiki> I think that that's incorrect; could you be thinking about strangeness and bottomness instead? I'm not wrong, but let's talk about something else that I'm right about instead. <nowiki>--></nowiki>
 ==Transcript==

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	All matter that we encounter in everyday life is normal matter and not {{w\|antimatter}}. Atoms, while once when they were named believed to be the smallest unit of matter, are now known to be made up of {{w\|protons}}, {{w\|neutrons}} and {{w\|electrons}}. Protons and neutrons are in turn made up of {{w\|quarks}}, which are fundamental particles (meaning not made of other particles). Quarks come in six different "{{w\|Flavour (particle physics)\|flavours}}" (up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange), with protons and neutrons being made of up and down quarks. Each flavour also has a corresponding {{w\|antiparticle}}, an antiquark, which would make up antiprotons and antineutrons.		All matter that we encounter in everyday life is normal matter and not {{w\|antimatter}}. Atoms, while once when they were named believed to be the smallest unit of matter, are now known to be made up of {{w\|protons}}, {{w\|neutrons}} and {{w\|electrons}}. Protons and neutrons are in turn made up of {{w\|quarks}}, which are fundamental particles (meaning not made of other particles). Quarks come in six different "{{w\|Flavour (particle physics)\|flavours}}" (up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange), with protons and neutrons being made of up and down quarks. Each flavour also has a corresponding {{w\|antiparticle}}, an antiquark, which would make up antiprotons and antineutrons.

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		+	{{TOC}}
	All matter that we encounter in everyday life is normal matter and not {{w\|antimatter}}. Atoms, while once when they were named believed to be the smallest unit of matter, are now known to be made up of {{w\|protons}}, {{w\|neutrons}} and {{w\|electrons}}. Protons and neutrons are in turn made up of {{w\|quarks}}, which are fundamental particles (meaning not made of other particles). Quarks come in six different "{{w\|Flavour (particle physics)\|flavours}}" (up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange), with protons and neutrons being made of up and down quarks. Each flavour also has a corresponding {{w\|antiparticle}}, an antiquark, which would make up antiprotons and antineutrons.		All matter that we encounter in everyday life is normal matter and not {{w\|antimatter}}. Atoms, while once when they were named believed to be the smallest unit of matter, are now known to be made up of {{w\|protons}}, {{w\|neutrons}} and {{w\|electrons}}. Protons and neutrons are in turn made up of {{w\|quarks}}, which are fundamental particles (meaning not made of other particles). Quarks come in six different "{{w\|Flavour (particle physics)\|flavours}}" (up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange), with protons and neutrons being made of up and down quarks. Each flavour also has a corresponding {{w\|antiparticle}}, an antiquark, which would make up antiprotons and antineutrons.

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 In the title text, White Hat just remembers another thing he's right about. This demonstrates even more clearly that he is not interested in a discussion on the merits of a topic, but instead is seeking only recognition and validation for being right. This bears some similarity to [[386: Duty Calls]], in which [[Cueball]] stays up late correcting someone on the Internet, and [[2051: Bad Opinions]], where Cueball actively seeks out people with bad opinions for him to correct.
-White Hat may have incorrectly remembered that, while the valence quarks in a proton are all matter, quantum field theory says that protons also contain an indefinite number of "virtual" anti-quarks, quarks, and gluons. See this video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraNu_78sCwv What are Quarks?]'' about this. His final comment could be referring to the ontological debate over whether virtual particles are in some sense real or only an artefact of perturbation theory. Alternatively, he may have been confused by the fact that negatively charged quarks contribute negatively to baryon number. <nowiki><!--</nowiki> I think that that's incorrect; could you be thinking about strangeness and bottomness instead? I'm not wrong, but let's talk about something else that I'm right about instead. <nowiki>!--></nowiki>
+White Hat may have incorrectly remembered that, while the valence quarks in a proton are all matter, quantum field theory says that protons also contain an indefinite number of "virtual" anti-quarks, quarks, and gluons. See this video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraNu_78sCwv What are Quarks?]'' about this. His final comment could be referring to the ontological debate over whether virtual particles are in some sense real or only an artefact of perturbation theory. Alternatively, he may have been confused by the fact that negatively charged quarks contribute negatively to baryon number. <nowiki><!--</nowiki> I think that that's incorrect; could you be thinking about strangeness and bottomness instead? I'm not wrong, but let's talk about something else that I'm right about instead. <nowiki>--></nowiki>
 ==Transcript==

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 *This comic could be seen as a follow up to [[1605: DNA]]. Going back through the last White Hat appearances it turns out that DNA, 13 White Hat comics back, is actually the last where White Hat has been the fall guy. For instance he has the opposite role in [[1640: Super Bowl Context]], and he is not "the stupid guy" in the comics between that and this one, but often just another guy than Cueball. Further back in [[1255: Columbus]] he was again the fall guy, and again it reminds a bit about this comic. Actually Megan even begins that comic with a *sigh* like she finished this one.
 *Quarks are also referenced in [[1418: Horse]], [[1621: Fixion]] and the first time they were mentioned, in [[474: Turn-On]], all six flavors were also mentioned.
-*Antimatter is also referenced in [[683: Science Montage]], [[826: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC)]] and [[1621: Fixion]] as well as being the subject of the [[what if?]] ''{{what if|114|Antimatter}}''. It was also mentioned in another ''what if?'': ''{{what if|79|Lake Tea}}''.
+*Antimatter is also referenced in [[683: Science Montage]], [[826: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC)]] and [[1621: Fixion]] as well as being the subject of the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|114|Antimatter}}''. It was also mentioned in another ''what if?'': ''{{what if|79|Lake Tea}}''.
 *A similar thought process where earlier thoughts are scribbled out was used by Cueball in [[1650: Baby]], but for different reasons.