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[[Black Hat]] has previously severed a space elevator tether using a pair of scissors in an [[697: Tensile vs. Shear Strength|earlier comic]]. | [[Black Hat]] has previously severed a space elevator tether using a pair of scissors in an [[697: Tensile vs. Shear Strength|earlier comic]]. | ||
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+ | ====Alternate Explanation==== | ||
+ | When Randall Munroe states that Voyager 1 and 2 are cabled to the Earth by copper wires, his assertion deserves serious consideration.{{citation needed}} | ||
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+ | The primary explanation, above, takes the position that this comic is ridiculously wrong.{{citation needed}} But the insertion of several "citation needed" links suggests that the explanation's position is weak.{{citation needed}} | ||
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+ | The{{citation needed}} comic's{{citation needed}} author,{{citation needed}} Randall{{citation needed}} Munroe,{{citation needed}} is{{citation needed}} well{{citation needed}} attested{{citation needed}} as{{citation needed}} a{{citation needed}} competent{{citation needed}} scientist,{{citation needed}} for{{citation needed}} example{{citation needed}} see{{citation needed}} the{{citation needed}} citations{{citation needed}} in{{citation needed}} the{{citation needed}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe Wikipedia{{citation needed}} Randall{{citation needed}} Munroe{{citation needed}} page].{{citation needed}} His{{citation needed}} books,{{citation needed}} cited{{citation needed}} in{{citation needed}} that{{citation needed}} same{{citation needed}} Wikipedia{{citation needed}} article,{{citation needed}} offer{{citation needed}} well-{{citation needed}}researched{{citation needed}} easy{{citation needed}} to{{citation needed}} understand{{citation needed}} discussions{{citation needed}} of{{citation needed}} science{{citation needed}} and{{citation needed}} of{{citation needed}} everyday{{citation needed}} phenomena.{{citation needed}} Trust{{citation needed}} him.{{citation needed}} | ||
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+ | (For completeness, see another Wikipedia article, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation Disinformation]. In its subsection ''Strategies for spreading disinformation'', strategy number 4 is "Directly Sharing Disinformation".{{citation needed}} That is mentioned here only because the top header at the xkcd web site states it is a webcomic of romance, '''sarcasm,''' math, and language.){{citation needed}} | ||
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