2009-01-14
Original: 2009-01-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Professor (an older man with gray hair and glasses, lecturing at the front of a classroom to seated students): So, even if you move at the speed of light, another traveler at the same speed will also appear to move at light speed relative to you, regardless of frame of reference.
Panel 2:
Student (a young man, raising his hand): Professor Lewin, I believe God watches the entire universe at once. If all is relative... what would God see?
Professor (now named Professor Lewin): That is a profound question. Even a troubling question. A question which may have no answer.
Panel 3:
Caption: MEANWHILE...
(Scene shifts to someone reclining on a couch, watching television, laughing.)
Viewer (off-panel, laughing): HAHAHA!
Television screen shows a dog wearing sunglasses and a cat, with on-screen text: WORLD'S WACKIEST PETS!
Votey:
A black-and-white drawing of a computer monitor on a desk. The screen displays a crude image of an animal alongside the text: I IZ A PANGOLIN
Professor (an older man with gray hair and glasses, lecturing at the front of a classroom to seated students): So, even if you move at the speed of light, another traveler at the same speed will also appear to move at light speed relative to you, regardless of frame of reference.
Panel 2:
Student (a young man, raising his hand): Professor Lewin, I believe God watches the entire universe at once. If all is relative... what would God see?
Professor (now named Professor Lewin): That is a profound question. Even a troubling question. A question which may have no answer.
Panel 3:
Caption: MEANWHILE...
(Scene shifts to someone reclining on a couch, watching television, laughing.)
Viewer (off-panel, laughing): HAHAHA!
Television screen shows a dog wearing sunglasses and a cat, with on-screen text: WORLD'S WACKIEST PETS!
Votey:
A black-and-white drawing of a computer monitor on a desk. The screen displays a crude image of an animal alongside the text: I IZ A PANGOLIN
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: An older professor with gray hair and glasses lectures at the front of a classroom to seated students, saying that even at light speed, another traveler at the same speed appears to move at light speed relative to you, regardless of frame of reference. Panel 2: A student raises his hand and says, 'Professor Lewin, I believe God watches the entire universe at once. If all is relative... what would God see?' The professor replies that it is a profound and troubling question that may have no answer. Panel 3: A caption reads 'MEANWHILE...' and the scene cuts to a person lounging on a couch, laughing 'HAHAHA!' while watching a TV that shows a dog in sunglasses and a cat under the title 'WORLD'S WACKIEST PETS!' The joke contrasts a deep cosmic question about God's view of relativity with the banal reality of what people actually watch. Votey (bonus panel): A simple black-and-white drawing of a desktop computer monitor displaying a crude animal image with the text 'I IZ A PANGOLIN,' a lolcat-style caption.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.