simulation
Original: simulation on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with dark curly hair (wearing glasses): There are probably more simulations than realities. Therefore, this is probably a simulation.
Panel 2:
Woman: If there are more simulations than realities, it follows that most apparently-conscious beings are also simulations.
Panel 3:
Woman: If I consider myself, I find that I am apparently-conscious. Logically, it follows, that I'm just a deceived automaton, devoid of "real" existence.
Panel 4:
A blonde person (listening): I think, therefore I am not.
Panel 5:
Woman (gesturing): And you're just something I'm imagining while being non-real.
Panel 6:
Blonde person: You know, the unexamined life is looking better all the time.
Votey:
A worried/disturbed blonde face (eyebrows raised, mouth uncertain) with a speech bubble: SILENCE, MACHINE!
Woman with dark curly hair (wearing glasses): There are probably more simulations than realities. Therefore, this is probably a simulation.
Panel 2:
Woman: If there are more simulations than realities, it follows that most apparently-conscious beings are also simulations.
Panel 3:
Woman: If I consider myself, I find that I am apparently-conscious. Logically, it follows, that I'm just a deceived automaton, devoid of "real" existence.
Panel 4:
A blonde person (listening): I think, therefore I am not.
Panel 5:
Woman (gesturing): And you're just something I'm imagining while being non-real.
Panel 6:
Blonde person: You know, the unexamined life is looking better all the time.
Votey:
A worried/disturbed blonde face (eyebrows raised, mouth uncertain) with a speech bubble: SILENCE, MACHINE!
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic set in a snowy purple landscape. A woman with dark curly hair and glasses lectures a blonde companion. She says there are probably more simulations than realities, so this is probably a simulation; that it follows most apparently-conscious beings are also simulations; and that since she finds herself apparently-conscious, she must be "just a deceived automaton, devoid of 'real' existence." The blonde person replies, "I think, therefore I am not." The woman gestures and adds, "And you're just something I'm imagining while being non-real." The blonde person concludes, "You know, the unexamined life is looking better all the time." Votey: a close-up of the blonde person's worried face with a speech bubble reading "SILENCE, MACHINE!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.