Judge, 1929-04-20 · page 18 of 36
Judge — April 20, 1929 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the scientific theory of dimensions popularized by Einstein's relativity. The top cartoon depicts a restaurant scene where a waiter offers an "Einstein special"—the joke being that "one hash" (a simple dish) represents the absurdity of applying dimensional theory to everyday life. The accompanying text humorously "proves" humans experience far more than three dimensions by listing absurd examples: a jailbird's consciousness of sentence-length, a boss's inability to "get" a joke (thickness of understanding), and a woman's awareness of multiple social constraints (suffrage, birth control, evolution, unwritten social law). The lower cartoon, "Eavesdropping in Munich," appears to reference Einstein discussions in post-WWI Germany, showing figures discussing scientific concepts. The satire targets how popularized science—particularly Einstein's revolutionary theory—was being misapplied to explain human experience, reducing complex social realities to pseudo-scientific "dimensions." It mocks both scientific pretension and the public's enthusiasm for fashionable intellectual trends.
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JUDGE The Fourth Dimension, and Then Some Scientists claim that) a snail is only conscious of one dimen sion. This) dimension extends of the snail in a. stesi unless the snail happens to be walking backwards If, for instance, the snail conscious of its one str: ahead dimension, is strolli say, down Main Street, and a fishworm crosses its path It is conscious of the fish worm merely at the point where it crossed the path The s il murmurs. “Woth and speeds on down the street If, however, a Freneh- man should cross the path of the snail. The an would have | for his dinner is conscious dimensions, - ahead and crosswise. If a dog is running toward a tree. he thinks the tree is running toward him as well, Man is conscious of three is, according to all On the other hand, I can prove that man is conscious thickness, tha the scientists of seven and often eleven o When a man has been in jail sixty years he is conscious of the Length (No. 1). so man believes in woman + birth control, evolution RE. FULLER. + FH, “Waiter, I'd like to try that new Einstein special today.” “ONE HASH!" and the unwritten law, he has breadth of vision—That’s Breadth (No. 2). When you tell a joke to your boss and he doesn't get the point That's Thickness (No. Now, take an oan that one side of this cight-sided egg-cr: measures two feet and seven and one-eighth — inches. That's one more dimension, mak ing FOUR in all. comicbooks.com