Funny story: There is a right and a wrong way of making conclusions

There was once a heated debate in the academic circle over the subject o cockroaches and how they hear. No matter how much research anyone did the academics could not agree with each other on the matter. But there was this one scientist who was tired of other colleges who were making conclusions without any conclusive facts. So our brave scientist decided to prove that the ears of the cockroach are located in its legs.

To prove to everyone that is the case he started conducting experiments right in front of his colleagues. First, he put a cockroach on a table and loudly clapped his hands. The cockroach ran away. Then the scientist tore one of the cockroach’s legs and clapped his hands again. The cockroach ran away once more. Next, the scientist tore a second leg and clapped his hands loudly for the third time. Though clumsily, the cockroach ran away yet again. Then the scientist tore the third leg and clapped his hands again. The cockroach again moved, though it couldn’t jump. Now the scientist tore of the final fourth leg and clapped his hands loudly for one final time. The cockroach remained in one place.

“See, now the cockroach is deaf. And that my dear colleagues is the right way of making conclusions based on scientific facts.”