#793: Physicists explain

[Cueball stands at a blackboard covered in equations and diagrams, an open laptop and scattered paper at his feet. His fists are balled in anger and there is a little angry squiggle over his head. A Cueball-like physicist stands behind him, arms out in a shrug.]

Physicist: You’re trying to predict the behavior of ? Just model it as a , and then add some secondary terms to account for .

Physicist: Easy, right?

Physicist: So, why does need a whole journal, anyway?

[Caption below the panel:]

Liberal-arts majors may be annoying sometimes, but there’s nothing more obnoxious than a physicist first encountering a new subject.