Calamities of Nature

Discover the insightful webcomic Calamities of Nature, exploring themes dealing with science and critical thinking with unique characters.

Written byPhil Plait
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I like a lot of web comics, but it's sometimes hard to find good ones. I was recently twigged on to Calamities of Nature, which commonly has themes dealing with science and critical thinking. I particularly like this one, excerpted in the picture here. The last panel is awesome. In the character guide, the artist describes the mole (the white guy with earmuffs) as a cynic, but I don't think so. A cynic is in many ways a pessimist, but a skeptic can see the good in things while still asking for evidence of claims. I think Aaron is a skeptic. Tip o' the virtual ink to Carl Spackler.

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