Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 28th August 2014

Dilbert//9266, first published twelve years ago on Thursday 28th August 2014

Tags

engineers, thinking, mental energy, executive attention, brain network, dangerous territory, surpasses last remnets, sociala awreness, misread social cues

Official transcript

Wally: He transferred all of his mental energy to the executive attention network of his brain to solve a problem. This is dangerous territory for an engineer because it suppresses the last remnants of his social awareness. Expect him to misread social cues. Dilbert: They're here to kill me.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HE TRANSFERRED ALL OF HIS MENTAL ENERGY TO THE EXECUTIVE ATTENTION NETWORK OF HIS BRAIN TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.

THIS IS DANGEROUS TERRITORY FOR AN ENGINEER BECAUSE IT SUPPRESSES THE LAST REMNANTS OF HIS SOCIAL AWARENESS.

HIM TO MISREAD SOCIAL CUES.

THEY'RE HERE TO KILL ME.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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