The Best of XKCD Comic
10+ most popular XKCD Comic articles, as voted by our community.
XKCD Comic on Comics
Spreadsheets
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Unpopular Opinions
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XKCD Comic on Data Visualization
xkcd: Curve-Fitting
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Base Rate
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XKCD Comic on Humor
Pathogen Resistance
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Dependency
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XKCD Comic on Math
Garbage Math
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RIP John Conway
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XKCD Comic on Science
Hypothesis Generation
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Types of Scientific Paper
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XKCD Comic on Space
Solar System Changes
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Comet Ice
Could I cool down the Earth by capturing a comet and dropping it in the ocean, like an ice cube in a glass of water? Daniel Becker No. In fact, it's honestly sort of impressive to find a solution that…
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Preprint
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mRNA Vaccine
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Confidence Interval
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Facebook of the Dead
When, if ever, will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than of living ones? Emily Dunham Either the 2060s or the 2130s. There are not a lot of dead people on Facebook. The main reasons for…
Cassini
What would the world be like if the land masses were spread out the same way as now - only rotated by an angle of 90 degrees? —Socke It would profoundly alter our biosphere in general and public radio…
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