Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 16th August 2019

Dilbert//11080, first published seven years ago on Friday 16th August 2019

Memory Science

Tags

laziness, memory, office workers, restaurant workers, sarcasm, science, presentation

Official transcript

Wally: According to the science of memory, you are likely to forget ninety percent of what I present today. So I got rid of ninety percent of my slides to focus on the one slide that matters.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ACCORDING TO THE SCIENCE OF MEMORY, YOU ARE LIKELY TO FORGET NINETY PERCENT OF WHAT I PRESENT TODAY.

90% SO I GOT RID OF NINETY PERCENT OF MY SLIDES TO FOCUS ON THE ONE SLIDE THAT MATTERS.

OR WERE YOU TOO LAZY TO MAKE MORE THAN ONE SLIDE?

I ALREADY FORGOT NINETY PERCENT OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Forgetting the Science of Memory"

Summary:

The comic strip follows a character who is trying to remember a presentation they gave earlier. They recall that they were likely to forget 90% of what they presented today, according to the science of memory. However, they also mention that they got rid of 90% of their slides to focus on the one slide that matters.

The character then asks if they were too lazy to make more than one slide, and realizes that they already forgot 90% of what they just said. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea that people often forget what they've learned or presented, despite their best efforts to remember.

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