Secrets of the universe

23 days ago by VetOfTheSeas to c/comicstrips

tacosanonymous 85 points 23 days ago

How would he know?

Because, he’d have to know the answer and then willfully lie for his nose to grow. Alternatively, giving a confident answer when he doesn’t know would make his nose grow regardless of him being correct.

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DashboTreeFrog 241 points 23 days ago

They actually get into this in the other panels that aren't posted. Having trouble finding non-reddit links to it though https://www.reddit.com/...

Also, not very experienced adding photos from my phone to comments but trying to attach screenshots

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Siethron 59 points 23 days ago

Lies of P is looking weird

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87Six 13 points 23 days ago

This asks more questions than it answers lmao

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samus12345 15 points 23 days ago

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DashboTreeFrog 6 points 23 days ago

And these scientists are sure as hell gonna work on answering them with that freaky deaky nose

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Hideakikarate 82 points 23 days ago

I think in another comic, it was determined that it doesn't matter if he knew the answer. The nose knows the answer and changes size based on his answer.

Edit:

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notabot 21 points 23 days ago

This one and the OP have different amounts of nose growth. One of them is a lie. Is nothing sacred anymore!!?!

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tigeruppercut 9 points 23 days ago path: 0 24991819 24991968 24994723 24997225, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 0
FiniteBanjo 6 points 23 days ago

It grew because he gave an answer he has no confidence in, but only by 0.3mm because the amount of truth in it is indiscernible.

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wonderingwanderer 3 points 23 days ago

Because he's an elf from the salvia dimension is my interpretation

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BitUnWise 55 points 23 days ago

I've had conversations with my friends on whether his nose grows based on deception or the truth value of the statement. My friend and I with rather secular upbringings grew up thinking it was based on deception and my friends with rather extreme Christian upbringings grew up thinking it was based on the truth. Obviously a very small sample size but I do wonder if there is a correlation

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kryptonianCodeMonkey 19 points 23 days ago

Christian thinks that belief = truth. News at 11.

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Ruthalas 1 point 22 days ago

I think in this case it's the exact opposite. The secular friends believed it changed based on pinocchio's personal beliefs and attempted deceptions, while the christians apparently believed it changed based on whether his words reflected some absolute truth, regardless of his personal thoughts and beliefs. fwiw

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kryptonianCodeMonkey 2 points 22 days ago

I'm saying that the Pinocchio nose thing is clearly based on his lying, i.e. on stating something he knows/believes to be false, not an objective truth. It is the theme of the story.

And all too commonly, Christian (and other) fundamentalists extend beyond mere faith into delusion where they lose track of what is their personal belief and what is ubiquitous accepted reality. Sometimes to the point that that they actually cannot accept that others simply don't believe in their deity. They genuinely think that their deity not only definitely exists, but such a fact is unquestionably apparent on the face of it to everyone and competely beyond reproach. So when one claims to be an atheist, or hold another faith, the only conclusion that they can come to is that you actually do know their deity exists and so your denial of them is either out of evil, misplaced anger, brainwashing (by evil men or the devil or something similar) or you are a grifter with some other agenda. Whatever it is, it most certainly can't be a sound, justified, reasonable lack of belief in their god. That's nonsense.

Again, that's not all of them, but any means. But it's not uncommon either.

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petrol_sniff_king 2 points 23 days ago

Based on the small sample size of arguments I've personally had with proud theologians, I absolutely think this is true.

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BillyClark 35 points 23 days ago

The other advantage is that the more he lies, the more free firewood you can get.

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deacon 16 points 23 days ago

You monster.

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finallymadeanaccount 3 points 23 days ago

Shades of Cassidy's involuntary salami slices in the Preacher TV series (given that he regrows that which is thinly-sliced off) ...

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hakunawazo 35 points 23 days ago

Shrek Pinoccio:

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gray 20 points 23 days ago

If you say something you're convinced is correct with the best intentions. But it turns out to be incorrect. Will you burn in hell for breaking one of the 10 commandments? Asking for a friend.

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samus12345 13 points 23 days ago

No. Lying is making a claim you actually believe is untrue. It's actual truthfulness is irrelevant. If you believe it's true, it's not a lie.

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5too 5 points 23 days ago

Yep, still working through this with one of my kids. Lying requires an intent to deceive, to mislead. You can say things that are untrue without meaning to, which is not lying

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psivchaz 5 points 23 days ago

I'd like to believe there would be some carve out here for willful ignorance. Like if the truth is easily accessible and you choose to believe contrary to that because of some other thing, maybe you don't get grace on that.

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samus12345 3 points 23 days ago

Going strictly by the biblical wording, that wouldn't matter. As long as you definitely believe it's true, it's not a lie. Now, if you have some doubt, but don't admit it? That would qualify.

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petrol_sniff_king 2 points 23 days ago

Lying by omission and lying by over-reaction ("histrionics", but that word's a bit nerdy) are definitely ones that ought to be added to Bible 3, which I heard~ is supposed to be a prequel—isn't that fun?

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AwesomeLowlander 9 points 23 days ago

Doesn't matter, by the Bible you're either saved and forgiven or burning in hell anyway.

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gray 4 points 23 days ago

Right, Christianity is so convenient that way

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Okokimup 14 points 23 days ago path: 0 25000085, hotness: undefined, score: 14, children: 0
Etterra 7 points 23 days ago

Unfortunately truth does not usually equal fact.

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Feathercrown 18 points 23 days ago

"When I talk to philosophers on Zoom, I use a background that's a picture of my real background so that I can trick them into having a justified true belief that is not knowledge."

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PlaidBaron 5 points 23 days ago

You monster.

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tias 6 points 23 days ago

Elaborate.

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MrChewy 6 points 23 days ago

"I am telling you, I saw Kojima in my town's coffee shop ride the rising gear of metal in the fountain!" However, I'm a hyperphantasiac to the extreme where I hardly distinguish between being present in my dreams and reality. I told you the truth, I did see that, but the fact of whether that happened is not there.

Iunno tho, I'm taking a wild guess of what they could've meant, this logic seems most sound for that statement to be sensical

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Alcoholicorn 7 points 23 days ago

I met Kojima in a coffee shop too!

Turns out there's a lot of Kojima, it's not an uncommon name.

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MrChewy 2 points 23 days ago

Is it uncommon to to ride gears of metal that are rising tho?

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Grail 2 points 23 days ago

You mean honesty, not truth

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MrChewy 1 point 23 days ago

In the hypothetical, it is the truth, just not of the shared reality (am I schizoposting with this one btw?)

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Etterra 1 point 8 days ago

Archaic example.

Truth: during the middle ages doctors believed that disease was caused by miasma, or "bad air," and that by breathing it in could cause illness.

Fact: Disease was caused by microorganisms, which spread by vectors such as insect bites, coughing and sneezing, and contaminated drinking water, among others.

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SkunkWorkz 7 points 22 days ago

This only works if Pinocchio is an all knowing entity. If he doesn't know shit about the universe, than his lies aren't proof that the opposite statement is true.

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hansolo 4 points 22 days ago

Fool. Wong question.

"Do things in undiscovered extra dimensions affect our dimension by way gravity?"

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alcea 2 points 23 days ago

If taking hostages is required for solving the "universe's secrets" it can gladly keep its secrets.

At the end of it there will be a CEO extracting money from completly unrelated research. Humans are dumb.

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Tja 8 points 23 days ago

I hate to break it to you, but Pinocchio isn't real. This whole comic might be pure fiction. Bummer, I know.

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alcea 1 point 19 days ago

Bu But But the economic value of that nose !!111

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suff 2 points 23 days ago

Thanks for pointing me to kohney.com

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Oppopity 1 point 22 days ago

Read that as gravy at first

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