Tom the Dancing Bug - Friday February 27, 2015 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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the first scientist galileo: ...and i call this new process of hypothesis and experimentation the scientific method! kid: brilliant, galileo! galileo: now to test my hypothesis that all objects, regardless of mass, fall at the same rate. the experiment proves it! science! just think of what wonders we can learn... businessman: hogwash! this will hurt my business speedy heavy falling rocks, inc. and i have a scientist who disputes your theory. scientist: so it's really a toss-up. galileo: that's not how it works... husband: my family only accepts traditional and natural falling rocks! wife: your new sciency falling rocks caused my child to go cross-eyed! galileo: no... nut: and i think your whole experiment is a hoax! you faked it on a soundstage with a replica tower of pisa! galileo: what? i... nut: this painting shows it's a fake tower! see how this shadow is wrong? businessman: job killer! wife: monster! galileo: i'm getting out of the practical sciences! it's getting me into trouble! maybe i'll just make some observations about the earth and sun. priest: i'd be careful.

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