2012-07-15
Original: 2012-07-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older man with glasses and a balding head, wearing a green sweater vest over a collared shirt and tie, stands at a lectern, pointing forward.
Man: IF P IS FALSE, I WILL BE SAD. I DO NOT WISH TO BE SAD. THEREFORE, P IS TRUE.
Caption (below panel): There. Now you can skip 99% of philosophical debates.
Votey:
A bearded man (drawn loosely, resembling the cartoonist) leans on a surface, looking unimpressed.
Bearded man: MY PHILOSOPHY COMICS DON'T COUNT.
An older man with glasses and a balding head, wearing a green sweater vest over a collared shirt and tie, stands at a lectern, pointing forward.
Man: IF P IS FALSE, I WILL BE SAD. I DO NOT WISH TO BE SAD. THEREFORE, P IS TRUE.
Caption (below panel): There. Now you can skip 99% of philosophical debates.
Votey:
A bearded man (drawn loosely, resembling the cartoonist) leans on a surface, looking unimpressed.
Bearded man: MY PHILOSOPHY COMICS DON'T COUNT.
Alt text
A single-panel comic. An older bald man in glasses and a green sweater vest stands at a lectern, pointing as he declares: "If P is false, I will be sad. I do not wish to be sad. Therefore, P is true." The caption below reads: "There. Now you can skip 99% of philosophical debates." The joke skewers wishful thinking dressed up as logical argument. Votey (aftercomic): a loosely drawn bearded man leans forward and deadpans, "My philosophy comics don't count" exempting himself from his own dismissal.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.