gedankendouche
Original: gedankendouche on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic (single panel):
A man in a suit (referred to in the caption as Professor Tippett) addresses the viewer, gesturing with one hand:
Man: "Within the chamber there is a radiation source and a pundit. If the radiation source emits in one direction, the pundit is told that his party passed a bill. If it emits in the other direction, the pundit is told that the opposing party passed the same bill. Until we make an observation, the pundit exists in a superposition of opposing and favoring the bill."
Caption (below panel): Professor Tippett proposes the existence of "Quantum Hypocrisy."
Votey:
A simply drawn face with a half-lidded, sly expression speaks via a speech bubble:
Face: "Later, just for fun, let's make them alive and dead."
A man in a suit (referred to in the caption as Professor Tippett) addresses the viewer, gesturing with one hand:
Man: "Within the chamber there is a radiation source and a pundit. If the radiation source emits in one direction, the pundit is told that his party passed a bill. If it emits in the other direction, the pundit is told that the opposing party passed the same bill. Until we make an observation, the pundit exists in a superposition of opposing and favoring the bill."
Caption (below panel): Professor Tippett proposes the existence of "Quantum Hypocrisy."
Votey:
A simply drawn face with a half-lidded, sly expression speaks via a speech bubble:
Face: "Later, just for fun, let's make them alive and dead."
Alt text
Main comic: a single panel showing a man in a suit and tie speaking directly to the viewer, one hand raised in explanation. His speech reads: "Within the chamber there is a radiation source and a pundit. If the radiation source emits in one direction, the pundit is told that his party passed a bill. If it emits in the other direction, the pundit is told that the opposing party passed the same bill. Until we make an observation, the pundit exists in a superposition of opposing and favoring the bill." A caption below reads: "Professor Tippett proposes the existence of 'Quantum Hypocrisy.'" The joke is a parody of the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment, replacing the cat with a partisan pundit whose opinion on a bill is undetermined until observed. Votey (bonus panel): a loosely drawn, sly-looking face says in a speech bubble, "Later, just for fun, let's make them alive and dead." — a callback to the literal Schrodinger's cat being both alive and dead.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.