Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 20th January 1998

Dilbert//3202, first published 28 years ago on Tuesday 20th January 1998

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dogbert metal detector psychic powers skeptic skeptic drawers unicorns

Official transcript

Dogbert stands on the table and says to Ken the Skeptic, "If your controlled tests have never found psychic powers, how do you know the tests work for that sort of thing?"

Ken glares and folds his arms across his chest. Dogbert says, "Isn't that like using a metal detector to find out if there are unicorns in your sock drawer?"

Ken says, "No!"

Later that night... Ken thinks, "A skeptic checks all the drawers."

He runs a metal detector over a chest of drawers.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DOGBERT AND THE SKEPTIC IF YOUR CONTROLLED TESTS HAVE NEVER FOUND PSYCHIC POWERS, HOW DO YOU KNOW THE TESTS WORK FOR THAT SORT OF THING?

ISN'T THAT LIKE USING A METAL DETECTOR TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE UNICORNS IN YOUR SOCK DRAWER?

NO!

LATER THAT NIGHT A SKEPTIC CHECKS ALL THE DRAWERS

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