Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 18, 2019

For the record: Science develops an hypothesis first, and that is tested. If it can’t be disproved, then a theory is formed.

Looks like they’re peering over the pier with their peer. Too bad they’re not eating a… Bartlett.

That is a good description of social science peer review, at least.

The pier review is conducted by post-docks

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Getting published in a “peer review” journal just means the editor agrees with you, or, at the very least, thinks you might be right.

They blinded pig with science.

Pig does not like pier pressure.

And how do we know she is a witch …. because she floats like wood. what else floats like wood ? A duck …. Croc Power !

Sitting on the dock of the bay….

We had to do job performance peer reviews at GE. Of course we got in cahoots with our co-workers to give each other positive reviews.

Who wood call this humour?

We should always pay respect to our science.

“You’re a very short peer, Neddy.” -Gryptpipe

I’m surprised that Pig doesn’t imagine the pier itself speaking.

I think Pastis was fishing for a joke. Not even a nibble.

Per OSHA, this theory failed it’s peer review…there where no railings.

Try humor

And for docking boats.

and if it is disproved, it is modified or dropped, unlike “beliefs”

The bit the science community always fails to leave out is that a theory is still not proof of concept, but more of an assumption. To become law (true) a theory has to be seen to perform as theorized without fail.

If I was going to create this pun, I would have had Pig standing with a member of the House of Lords.

Let me see if I understand this……a scientist does research and then develops a theory. Then has it reviewed by peers and that establishes the matter as fact or truth? Hmm…but if someone does the very same thing with the Bible, they are a fanatic chasing after myths. Shows how warped human thinking can be.

Poor PIG! Takes life so literally!

I’m so confused.

Very disappointed. I first saw the text “Hey, Scientist Sal.” Then scrolled down a few millimeters to discover Sal isn’t short for Sally, i.e. not a woman scientist.

Nice wood is getting a little personal ;)

“I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay…reviewing.”

Would you like to hear my theory about dinosaurs?

At first, I cod not get it. But then, I realised the pun. It was so so-fish-ticated! You just can’t be board with such brill-iant puns!

Sittin’ on the dock of the spice rack, waiting thyme….

Now that is called pier pressure.

No, no, no. It’s a religion to scientists. The Scientific Method Ist.

Can you blame Pig?

Rat and Guido often take Pig out for a PEER review of the SHARKS revue at the PIER whenever Pig is late paying his Loan Shark.

Uff da.

Maybe the worst pun ever!

And here I always thought that “peer” was to do with looking about.

Stop trying to think, Pig.

!. It makes you complicit in Cartoon-Boy’s outlandish puns.

2. It is too much of a strain on you. You can’t handle the truth!

Peer review is NOT part of the scientific method. It is simply a publication editorial mechanism. And I know Pastis is simply searching for a pun but there is a lot of misconception on this point.

And when you’re out of slits, you’re out of pier.

It’s a good thing there weren’t two piers – that’d be a real paradox!