i-know-nothing
Original: i-know-nothing on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Other man: Why are you the wisest man, Socrates?
Socrates: Because I know one thing that I know nothing.
Panel 2:
Other man: That's all you know?
Socrates: I mean, strictly speaking...
Panel 3:
Other man: What about the infinite universe of mathematical statements like 2 and 2 then ann (then a+a = 2a)?
Panel 4:
Socrates: Okay fine, that stuff. Just that.
Panel 5:
Other man: Sorry, do I have to go?
Socrates: Just all of math.
Votey:
Socrates (off-panel speech bubble, while the other bearded man's frustrated face is shown): I'm gonna go drink hemlock.
Other man: Why are you the wisest man, Socrates?
Socrates: Because I know one thing that I know nothing.
Panel 2:
Other man: That's all you know?
Socrates: I mean, strictly speaking...
Panel 3:
Other man: What about the infinite universe of mathematical statements like 2 and 2 then ann (then a+a = 2a)?
Panel 4:
Socrates: Okay fine, that stuff. Just that.
Panel 5:
Other man: Sorry, do I have to go?
Socrates: Just all of math.
Votey:
Socrates (off-panel speech bubble, while the other bearded man's frustrated face is shown): I'm gonna go drink hemlock.
Alt text
A black-and-white comic in five panels. Socrates (a man with curly hair and a full beard) talks with another bearded man. The man asks why Socrates is the wisest man; Socrates says it's because he knows one thing: that he knows nothing. The man asks if that's all he knows, and Socrates hedges, 'I mean, strictly speaking...' The man points out the infinite universe of mathematical statements (like a+a=2a) that Socrates must also know. Socrates concedes, 'Okay fine, that stuff. Just that,' then has to admit he also knows 'Just all of math.' His famous claim to know nothing unravels. In the votey, a frustrated bearded face fills the panel while a speech bubble declares, 'I'm gonna go drink hemlock.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.