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[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

I almost kinda dislike the messaging on this one because it implies authoritarianism is the key to discovery. Scientists are implied to be passive and unindustrious when left alone, so the government (FBI-type characters) declare a truth they want proven, force development of it through the threat of violence, and it eventually yields an answer they're happy with.

I'm reminded of the film The Death of Stalin and it's depiction of the USSR's treatment of bourgeois intellectuals like doctors.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I guess that's the joke - this is so stupid and obviously won't work, but that perspective is subverted when it turns out to actually work, causing humour.

I quite like it.

[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair, I guess I'm just letting the world get to me!

[–] hobovision@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Read more SMBC, it might help! Or give you more anxiety. But at least you'll be smiling.

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