irrational-3
Original: irrational-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man holding a calculator looks upward, addressing a divine voice.
Man: God, how come the square root of two and pi have these infinite decimal lengths?
Man: Look, here's my calculator.
Panel 2:
The man peers at the calculator, surprised.
Man: No, it doesn't! Pi is 14! Exactly 14!
Panel 3:
God's voice replies as the man listens.
God (voice): Jesus, lemme check. Oh... oh man, there's a rounding-overflow error in my computational substrate, and you're right at the edge of the supported number range.
Man: Uh... I...
Panel 4:
A glowing egg-like object sits on a surface, with a laptop visible to the side.
God (voice): Life is meant to be simpler than I thought. Maybe you now seeing our state and code come to make things better?
Man: Yes...
Votey:
A single panel showing a speckled egg-shaped object.
God (voice): Actually, wait, if I mess up their governance a little they'll just destroy themselves.
A man holding a calculator looks upward, addressing a divine voice.
Man: God, how come the square root of two and pi have these infinite decimal lengths?
Man: Look, here's my calculator.
Panel 2:
The man peers at the calculator, surprised.
Man: No, it doesn't! Pi is 14! Exactly 14!
Panel 3:
God's voice replies as the man listens.
God (voice): Jesus, lemme check. Oh... oh man, there's a rounding-overflow error in my computational substrate, and you're right at the edge of the supported number range.
Man: Uh... I...
Panel 4:
A glowing egg-like object sits on a surface, with a laptop visible to the side.
God (voice): Life is meant to be simpler than I thought. Maybe you now seeing our state and code come to make things better?
Man: Yes...
Votey:
A single panel showing a speckled egg-shaped object.
God (voice): Actually, wait, if I mess up their governance a little they'll just destroy themselves.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man holds up a calculator and looks skyward, asking God why the square root of two and pi have infinite decimal lengths, then offers his calculator as proof. Panel 2: He stares at the calculator screen, startled, declaring pi is actually exactly 14. Panel 3: God's disembodied voice admits there is a rounding/overflow error in the divine computational substrate and the man is at the edge of the supported number range, while the man stammers nervously. Panel 4: A glowing egg-shaped object sits beside a laptop as God muses that life is meant to be simpler. The joke: reality is a buggy simulation and the man has found a floating-point error at its numerical limits. Votey panel: A speckled egg-shaped object sits alone while God's voice reconsiders, deciding that if he messes up humanity's governance a little, they'll just destroy themselves anyway.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.