Comic #2329: 2011-09-29
Description
Here’s a transcription of the text in the comic, organized by panel:
Panel 1:
- Character 1: "If you were in a burning building, and you could either save an elderly woman or the Mona Lisa, which would you save?"
Panel 2:
- Character 2: "That's easy. The market has already spoken. The Mona Lisa is worth at least 872 times the value of a human life."
Panel 3:
- Character 1: "Right, but if you were actually in that situation, what would you do?"
Panel 4:
- Character 2: "Bidding war. If the lady's family is willing to pay more, they have equal value. Of course, I wouldn't have owned the painting later, a substantial discount might—"
Panel 5:
- Character 1: "Okay, but what would be the good thing to do?"
Panel 6:
- Character 2: "I'm asking how you can compare the value of a great piece of art to that of a human being’s life."
Panel 7:
- Character 1: "Ohhhhhhh!"
Panel 8:
- Character 2: "You'll want to use what are called 'fractions.'"
Panel 9:
- Character 1: "Economists are now banned from philosophy."
This transcription captures the dialogue and the flow of the conversation in the comic.