teleporter-2
Original: teleporter-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption (top banner): FUNTIME ACTIVITY: MODIFIED VERSIONS OF "THE TELEPORTER PROBLEM"
Panel 1:
Speech bubble (from the woman): YOU STEP INTO A TELEPORTER THAT WILL OBLITERATE YOU AND CREATE A DUPLICATE ON MARS. THEN, THERE'S AN ERROR WHERE THEY TURN YOU INTO A POTTED PLANT. EVERYONE REALLY LIKES IT BUT NOBODY LIKED YOU. IS IT ETHICAL TO TURN THE PLANT BACK INTO YOU?
(A woman with large round glasses and dark curly hair sits at a table holding a small object. On the wall behind her, a diagram shows a stick figure with an arrow pointing to a potted plant.)
Votey:
Speech bubble (from the same woman): BEARING IN MIND THAT "YOU" IS AN ILLUSIONARY CONSTRUCT.
Panel 1:
Speech bubble (from the woman): YOU STEP INTO A TELEPORTER THAT WILL OBLITERATE YOU AND CREATE A DUPLICATE ON MARS. THEN, THERE'S AN ERROR WHERE THEY TURN YOU INTO A POTTED PLANT. EVERYONE REALLY LIKES IT BUT NOBODY LIKED YOU. IS IT ETHICAL TO TURN THE PLANT BACK INTO YOU?
(A woman with large round glasses and dark curly hair sits at a table holding a small object. On the wall behind her, a diagram shows a stick figure with an arrow pointing to a potted plant.)
Votey:
Speech bubble (from the same woman): BEARING IN MIND THAT "YOU" IS AN ILLUSIONARY CONSTRUCT.
Alt text
A single-panel comic titled "FUNTIME ACTIVITY: MODIFIED VERSIONS OF 'THE TELEPORTER PROBLEM'." A woman with big round glasses and dark curly hair sits at a table, idly holding a small object, posing a thought experiment in a speech bubble: "You step into a teleporter that will obliterate you and create a duplicate on Mars. Then, there's an error where they turn you into a potted plant. Everyone really likes it but nobody liked you. Is it ethical to turn the plant back into you?" Behind her on the wall is a simple diagram: a stick figure with an arrow pointing to a potted plant. In the votey (aftercomic), a close-up of the woman adds: "Bearing in mind that 'you' is an illusionary construct."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.