Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 19th January 1998

Dilbert//3201, first published 28 years ago on Monday 19th January 1998

Tags

mental powers predicting proven psychic scientific methid testing

Official transcript

Ken the Skeptic sits in a chair, drinking from a cup of coffee. He says, "I've used the scientific method to debunk 100% of the people who claim they have mental powers."

Dogbert sits on the couch and says, "Are you saying that every test you perform turns out the way you predict it will?"

Ken says, "What's your point?"

Dogbert's ears fly up and he screams, "You've proven that you're psychic!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'VE USED THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO DEBUNK 100% OF THE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THEY HAVE MENTAL POWERS.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT EVERY TEST YOU PERFORM TURNS OUT THE WAY YOU PREDICT IT WILL?

WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

YOU'VE PROVEN THAT YOU'RE PSYCHIC!!

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AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Psychic Test"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled engineer, sitting in a psychologist's office. The psychologist, wearing a white lab coat, presents Dilbert with a series of questions designed to test his psychic abilities. The exchange is as follows:

• Psychologist: "I've used the scientific method to debunk 100% of the people who claim they have mental powers."
• Dilbert: "Are you saying that every test you perform turns out the way you predict it will?"
• Psychologist: "What's your point?"
• Dilbert: "You've proven that you're psychic!"

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of the psychologist's claim and the possibility that the psychologist may be psychic without realizing it. The punchline is a clever play on words, using the concept of the scientific method to create a humorous and unexpected twist.

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