{"id":12418,"date":"2006-08-14T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/14\/calvins-dads-explanations-of-scientific\/"},"modified":"2006-08-14T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-14T21:15:00","slug":"calvins-dads-explanations-of-scientific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/14\/calvins-dads-explanations-of-scientific\/","title":{"rendered":"Calvin’s Dad’s Explanations of Scientific Phenomena"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Spaceman<\/a>Calvin and Hobbes<\/i><\/a> is a classic on so many levels, and this was a fun reminder. Calvin’s dad’s explanations of scientific phenomena, collected here by RF Cafe<\/i><\/a>, never failed to amuse me. I think this one is my favorite:<\/p>\n

Calvin: Dad, how come old photographs are always black and white? Didn’t they have color film back then?
Dad: Sure they did. In fact, those old photographs ARE in color. It’s just the WORLD was black and white then.
C: Really?
D: Yep. The world didn’t turn color until sometime in the 1930s, and it was pretty grainy color for a while, too.
C: That’s really weird.
D: Well, truth is stranger than fiction.
C: But then why are old PAINTINGS in color?! If the world was black and white, wouldn’t artists have painted it that way?
D: Not necessarily. A lot of great artists were insane.
C: But… but how could they have painted in color anyway? Wouldn’t their paints have been shades of gray back then?
D: Of course, but they turned colors like everything else in the ‘30s.
C: So why didn’t old black and white photos turn color too?
D: Because they were color pictures of black and white, remember?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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