Fmri

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Title text: I'm shocked nobody's proposed this obvious interpretation of the data.

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Explanation

The comic references this story: https://www.iflscience.com/scientists-once-stuck-a-dead-salmon-in-an-mri-machine-for-a-very-good-reason-70212 However, the caption proposes a different (and ridiculous) explanation for the results: the salmon actually reacted to the photo, even though it was dead, because it had an immortal soul. Additionally, it claims that only this specific species of salmon have souls, and the effects couldn't be reproduced on any other animal: humans, thinking themselves superior to salmon, refused to see the truth for a century.

Transcript

[A one-panel comic with a caption in which two people are discussing a paper]

Person 1: In 2009, scientists ran a study that used normal fMRI analysis protocols to establish that a fish's brain was reacting to a photo. However, the study was done on a dead fish.

Person 2: Wow, I guess the interpretation is obvious: you can't always trust the established methods.

Caption: Due to professional chauvinism, it took another century for scientists to discover that Atlantic salmon are the only animals with souls.

Votey Transcript

[Zach's family are looking angrily at him while he's drawing]

Kelly: Wow. Only 8 years late on that joke.

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