Zach Weinersmith’s Bad Chart Thursday

Pat Robertson gives the finger

Earlier this week, friend and webcomic artist Zach Weinersmith emailed me a fine example of a pre-made bad chart he found on the front page of NBC, in anticipation of Bad Chart Thursday:

narrowing the energy gap

As wonderfully bad as that bad chart is, I was more taken by the realization that Zach would be the perfect first guest poster for BCT. I asked him if he could contribute something, and within the day I had this beauty:

total number of natural disasters vs number of predictions by Pat Robertson

Thanks so much to Zach Weinersmith and Pat Robertson for this fine contribution to BCT.

Rebecca leads a team of skeptical female activists at Skepchick.org and appears on the weekly Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. She travels around the world delivering entertaining talks on science, atheism, feminism, and skepticism. There is currently an asteroid orbiting the sun with her name on it. You can follow her every fascinating move on Twitter: @rebeccawatson.

5 Comments

  1. willradik  /  March 21, 2013, 2:51 pm

    Oh my god. He was right. I’d better find my repentin’ shoes.

  2. Amy  /  March 21, 2013, 3:01 pm

    Haha! And yay for the celebrity-artist guest chart! Kick ass.

  3. Donna  /  March 21, 2013, 7:10 pm

    Thanks, Zach, for cementing this as one of my favorite things. Bad Chart Thursday rocks!

  4. bittys  /  March 22, 2013, 5:10 am

    http://xkcd.com/605/

    Still my favourite :)

  5. criticaldragon1177  /  March 22, 2013, 11:12 am

    Rebecca Watson,

    Where on Earth did you get that picture of Pat Robertson?

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