Look familiar, psychologists?

Finished!

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gocomics.com

If the growth serum didn’t work, the sound wouldn’t be able to carry since everything would be too far away from the correct floor. A closed window would also prevent the sound from carrying, since most buildings tend to be well insulated. Since the whole operation depends on a steady flow of mutagens, a break in the middle of the genome would also cause problems. Of course, the fellow could shout, but the human voice is not loud enough to carry that far. An additional problem is that a string could break on the instrument. Then there could be no accompaniment to the message. It is clear that the best situation would involve less distance. Then there would be fewer potential problems. With face to face contact, the least number of things could go wrong. 

For non-cognitive psychologists

A clever parody of optical illusions.

SAGAL: This is from a study in the Journal of Personality. It is called that because it’s not very good looking.

(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: Oh, the journal, it has personality.

– Peter Sagal, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.  12/10/11

To listen.