Apr02
Talented Brains.
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The first panel begins with this text within double quotes: “I got this really funny email. It shows a complicated control panel labeled ‘Woman.’”
Below this text is a drawing of a complicated control panel, containing a large number of knobs, dials, indicator lights, and other components. A label reads: Woman.
Below that control panel is another much simpler one, containing only a small indicator light that appears to be lit. A label reads: Man.
The conversation continues in the next panel, in which a man is seated behind the steering wheel in an automobile, and a woman is seated at his side in the passenger's seat.
Woman: ...And it shows a tiny light that goes on or off, labeled “Man.” That is so true!
Man: Not true. And not funny. Consider this modern automobile that we’re about to ride in. It’s not just a car. ...
The dialog continues in the next panel.
Voice from outside the panel: ...At its heart lies a sophisticated computer system, one that senses and decodes five hundred different signals each millisecond, and reoptimizes the engine parameters 50 times a second.
Voice from outside the panel: That advanced control system was designed by brilliant engineers, all men.
A complicated electronic circuit is seen, containing a variety of parts, including transistors, batteries, diodes, light-emitting diodes, resistors, rheostats, and induction coils.
The next panel shows the man and woman again seated inside the automobile.
Man: No tiny light could possibly represent the complexity of the talented brains of those engineers.
Man: Drat!
The woman's head is turned slightly towards the man.
Woman: What’s wrong?
The man's head slightly tilted as if he is looking at something.
Man: It won’t start.
Woman: I think your “check engine” light is on.
Man: Dammit! What idiot designed this dumb “check engine” light? Five hundred sensors and all it does is go on or off! It provides no useful information whatsoever!
Woman: Maybe designed by a guy?
Man: Of course it was designed by a guy! I told you. The engineers that design these high-tech cars are all men.
Man: Oh.
A control panel is seen, nearly identical to the one seen in the first panel, containing a small indicator light that appears to be lit. However, the label now reads: Check Engine.
Title: Talented Brains.
Below this text is a drawing of a complicated control panel, containing a large number of knobs, dials, indicator lights, and other components. A label reads: Woman.
Below that control panel is another much simpler one, containing only a small indicator light that appears to be lit. A label reads: Man.
The conversation continues in the next panel, in which a man is seated behind the steering wheel in an automobile, and a woman is seated at his side in the passenger's seat.
Woman: ...And it shows a tiny light that goes on or off, labeled “Man.” That is so true!
Man: Not true. And not funny. Consider this modern automobile that we’re about to ride in. It’s not just a car. ...
The dialog continues in the next panel.
Voice from outside the panel: ...At its heart lies a sophisticated computer system, one that senses and decodes five hundred different signals each millisecond, and reoptimizes the engine parameters 50 times a second.
Voice from outside the panel: That advanced control system was designed by brilliant engineers, all men.
A complicated electronic circuit is seen, containing a variety of parts, including transistors, batteries, diodes, light-emitting diodes, resistors, rheostats, and induction coils.
The next panel shows the man and woman again seated inside the automobile.
Man: No tiny light could possibly represent the complexity of the talented brains of those engineers.
Man: Drat!
The woman's head is turned slightly towards the man.
Woman: What’s wrong?
The man's head slightly tilted as if he is looking at something.
Man: It won’t start.
Woman: I think your “check engine” light is on.
Man: Dammit! What idiot designed this dumb “check engine” light? Five hundred sensors and all it does is go on or off! It provides no useful information whatsoever!
Woman: Maybe designed by a guy?
Man: Of course it was designed by a guy! I told you. The engineers that design these high-tech cars are all men.
Man: Oh.
A control panel is seen, nearly identical to the one seen in the first panel, containing a small indicator light that appears to be lit. However, the label now reads: Check Engine.
Title: Talented Brains.