2014-10-20

A five-panel SMBC comic. A woman delivers a mock mathematical proof by induction that all people are special. Panel 1: she says that in a set containing one person, clearly that person is special. Panel 2: she says to add one more person to the set. Panel 3: she argues that if the added person is special, all members are special; if non-special, they are the only non-special member and therefore special; thus all members are special. Panel 4: 'By induction, all people are special.' Panel 5, labeled 'Earlier...', shows a small child asking 'Mommy, am I special?' and the woman answering 'Of course!' from off-panel — revealing the elaborate proof was prompted by a child's simple question. Votey: a close-up of a man with a deadpan expression. An off-panel voice asks 'Do you love me?' and he replies, 'According to De Morgan's laws, yes!'