2013-03-03
Original: 2013-03-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Top section (logic proof, narration text):
STATEMENT: IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
IN SYMBOLIC LOGIC: ¬S → P
(1) ¬S → P (given)
(2) ¬P → S (law of contraposition)
NEW STATEMENT: IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM, YOU'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
Bottom panel (scene):
Woman (with orange/blond hair, standing): YOU DID NOTHING ALL DAY!
Man (shirtless, sitting on couch holding a game controller): I'M HELPING SOLVE THE RACE PROBLEM!
Votey:
Man (lying back, holding controller): IS IT SOLVED YET?
STATEMENT: IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
IN SYMBOLIC LOGIC: ¬S → P
(1) ¬S → P (given)
(2) ¬P → S (law of contraposition)
NEW STATEMENT: IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM, YOU'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
Bottom panel (scene):
Woman (with orange/blond hair, standing): YOU DID NOTHING ALL DAY!
Man (shirtless, sitting on couch holding a game controller): I'M HELPING SOLVE THE RACE PROBLEM!
Votey:
Man (lying back, holding controller): IS IT SOLVED YET?
Alt text
A two-part SMBC comic. The top part is handwritten text laying out a logic argument: "STATEMENT: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. In symbolic logic: ¬S → P." Then a proof: "(1) ¬S → P (given), (2) ¬P → S (law of contraposition)." Concluding: "NEW STATEMENT: If you're not part of the problem, you're part of the solution." The bottom panel shows a scene: an annoyed woman with blond hair stands and shouts at a shirtless man slouched on a couch playing a video game with a controller. She yells, "YOU DID NOTHING ALL DAY!" He replies, "I'M HELPING SOLVE THE RACE PROBLEM!" — having used the logical contrapositive to reframe his idleness (not being part of the problem) as being part of the solution. Votey (bonus panel): the same shirtless man lounges back still holding the controller, casually asking, "IS IT SOLVED YET?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.