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management

Original: management on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Man (in bed): God, why is there something and not nothing?
God (voice from above): Probability.

Panel 2:
God: There are infinite possible ways to have SOMETHING and only one way to have NOTHING.

Panel 3:
God: Here, let me rephrase your question: "God, if I pick a random number from an infinite list of numbers, why isn't there a 50-50 chance of getting zero?"

Panel 4:
God: I mean isn't it? It either happens or it doesn't, so—
Man: Why did you eat the apple of knowledge, but not the pear of sense?

Votey:
God (voice in a large speech bubble): I'll consider this ticket closed.

Alt text

A four-panel comic. A man lies in bed at night and asks the voice of God, "God, why is there something and not nothing?" God answers, "Probability." God elaborates: "There are infinite possible ways to have SOMETHING and only one way to have NOTHING." God tries to rephrase the man's question as a math problem: "God, if I pick a random number from an infinite list of numbers, why isn't there a 50-50 chance of getting zero?" God starts to undercut the logic—"I mean isn't it? It either happens or it doesn't, so—"—when the man interrupts with a quip: "Why did you eat the apple of knowledge, but not the pear of sense?" In the votey aftercomic, the man stands silhouetted while a huge speech bubble from God declares, "I'll consider this ticket closed," framing the exchange like an annoyed support-desk reply.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.