Comic Transcripts

[[Two people are arguing. One has sideburns and the other is wearing a mortarboard hat.]]
Sideburns: LISTEN – I’ve endlessly researched this topic, and the sources I’ve found who agree with me are DEFINITELY right!
Mortarboard: Well MY data shows that YOUr information is full of obvious blind spots and logical fallacies! The information that agrees with ME just makes more SENSE! To me! By DEFINITION!

[[A third shouts at them from a rock.]]
Logician: Sounds like you two are suffering from a classic case of confirmation bias!
Logician: The arguments you hear that SUPPORT your existing position sound RIGHT. The ones that OPPOSE you sound illogical and specious.

Sideburns: Well of course
Mortarboard: That’s WHY I believe what I do, because it’s what makes SENSE
Logician: But confirmation bias blinds you to any SHRED of validity that opposing arguments may possess! You THINK you’re being reasonable but in FACT you’re being partisan.

Sideburns: Big words, smarty. What makes you so SURE that we’re in the grip of confirmation bias?
Logician: Well, I figured you probably were… and when I looked closer, it seemed obvious that I was right

{{header: already in favor of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: But *I’M* of course considering matters OBJECTIVELY}}

#1045; Everyone is Obviously Right transcribed by in

[[Two people are arguing. One has sideburns and the other is wearing a mortarboard hat.]]
Sideburns: LISTEN - I've endlessly researched this topic, and the sources I've found who agree with me are DEFINITELY right!
Mortarboard: Well MY data shows that YOUr information is full of obvious blind spots and logical fallacies! The information that agrees with ME just makes more SENSE! To me! By DEFINITION!

[[A third shouts at them from a rock.]]
Logician: Sounds like you two are suffering from a classic case of confirmation bias!
Logician: The arguments you hear that SUPPORT your existing position sound RIGHT. The ones that OPPOSE you sound illogical and specious.

Sideburns: Well of course
Mortarboard: That's WHY I believe what I do, because it's what makes SENSE
Logician: But confirmation bias blinds you to any SHRED of validity that opposing arguments may possess! You THINK you're being reasonable but in FACT you're being partisan.

Sideburns: Big words, smarty. What makes you so SURE that we're in the grip of confirmation bias?
Logician: Well, I figured you probably were... and when I looked closer, it seemed obvious that I was right

{{header: already in favor of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: But *I'M* of course considering matters OBJECTIVELY}}

but *I'M* of course considering matters OBJECTIVELY

#1045; Everyone is Obviously Right

  — July 11th, 2014

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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