I wonder what the unit for “stupidity of theological explanations” is…
Its the number of second you sit in stupefied silence wondering if he is serious.
Jason
I believe it’s measured in bananas.
littlejohn
The chart is wrong. The line should be a straight 10 on the stupidity axis. All his theological explanztions are equally stupid.
However, it would be accurate is you replace “stupidity” with “offensiveness.”
Beth B.
Perhaps we can christen a new SI unit, the Robertson, to measure this quantity. Though it may have some competition in America with the popular Falwell scale.
Colin
The SI unit of stupidity is the Ugh (U) and is equivalent to the force in Newtons exerted against Patrick Stewart’s palm by his forehead under standard gravitational acceleration.
Umm…err…cough, cough. Not to pick nits, but it would’ve been nicer if the original cartoonist had swapped the axes around, no? Conventionally, the “cause” x is on the x-axis and the “effect” f(x) is on the y-axis.
Unless the cartoonist is proposing that Robertson’s comments increase the suffering of the unfortunate people of Haiti.
Other than that, it’s a perfect depiction!
Julia
I dunno, I think that it might be an exponential relationship…
Stupid work with its stupid filtering. NakedPastor is considered an “Adult/Pornographic”…I’m guessing because of the “naked”. OH well, wait till I get home.
Ha! It’s funny because it’s true. (Or rather, with Ludwig’s astute correction, it’s true.)
Can we measure theological stupidity in Dohs? As in Homer Simpson’s “Doh!” As an added benefit, its plural form is just obscure enough to look real sciency.
I wonder what the unit for “stupidity of theological explanations” is…
Facepalms.
dannyness
I like the idea of giving a name to the unit of measurement. Fallwells or facepalms are good ones. Or maybe just Pats. 1 million pats equals one megapat.
Quester
I wonder what the unit for “stupidity of theological explanations” is…
Idioms?
Alec
Remove the diagonals and it kind of looks like a step-function graph, haha. /math geek. 🙂
JJR
maybe it’s measured in Woonits.
(I stole that from the Pharyungla comments section from a few months back–not original to me).
Peregrine
12 Falwells in a Phelps, which is approximately equivalent to 24.63 Benedicts. Benedict is actually metric, so you have to convert. Pat Robertson’s recent statement weigh in at 10 kilo-Benedicts.
littlejohn
And one Falwell is ten Goddidits. Anything smaller is measured in Milligoddidits. For example, a Templeton Prize is equivalent to 150 Milligoddidits. A Nobel Prize is worth 200 negative Falwells. Of course, in parts of the UK, they still use Whitworth units. (only sports car and motorcycle enthusiasts will follow that one!)
Paul
That chart should be redone as deaths over douchebaggery.
