Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 26th April 2016

Dilbert//9873, first published ten years ago on Tuesday 26th April 2016

Your Idea Has Been Tried

Tags

failure, trying, trial and error, criticism

Official transcript

Boss: Ideas like yours have been tried in the past and always failed! Dilbert: Have you ever been on an airplane? Those didn't work on the first few tries either. And then we have the entire history of science. Boss: Stop. You're embarrassing yourself.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

IDEAS LIKE YOURS HAVE BEEN TRIED IN THE PAST AND ALWAYS FAILED!

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE?

THOSE DIDN'T WORK ON THE FIRST FEW TRIES EITHER.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.

STOP. YOU'RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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