Editing Priming

{{comic
	| number    = 4539
	| date      = June 25, 2017
	| title     = priming
	| image     = 1498409909-20170625.png
	| votey     = 1498409923-20170625after.png
	| titletext = Do you think this comic is overly wordy, or did I just prime you to believe that?
}}
==Explanation==
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==Transcript==
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:Recent studies have cast doubt on the so-called "priming" effect in psychology, in which people are said to change their behavior in response to subtle environmental cues.
:These doubts are needless because we can prove that priming exists analytically.
:Imagine an experiment in
:There are two possible outcomes:
:If they exhibit priming effects, trivially, priming is real.
:Which subjects
:The subjects exhibit priming effects or the subjects dont exhibit priming effects.
:Are primed to believe priming doesn't work.
:If they don't, it shows that we successfully primed them to exhibit no priming effects.
:Given that there is only one
:Possible outcome, the experiment is unnecessary.
:This is all stupid
:Aha/ you only believe that because I primed you by saying stupid stuff earlier!
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==Votey Transcript==
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:Please oh please let nobody think this is serious commen tay on the field of psychology
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