Engineers , programmers and technologist are an incredibly clever and talented crew — but that does n’t mean they can predict the market . Here ’s how you an judge a product ’s success ground on what they say .
Put together by old-hat - NASA locomotive engineer Randall Munroe , this cartoon is a wry look at the way expert mass take in applied science . As he writes in the mouseover textual matter :
If you ever hear “ Wait , is that Kim Dotcom ’s fresh projection ? I ’m really excited about it and already signed up , although I ’m a trivial anxious about whether everyone should reach over ascendence of their medical … ” , it ’s time to comprehend a bunker in your backyard .
And please , before any applied scientist shout at me too much : this is just a little bit of fun . [ XKCD ]
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