Comic #2987: 2013-07-22

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Panel 1
Text: "It is a mistake to think there are no little gods."

Panel 2
Text: "A god is a mind with supernatural powers."
Character: "I SHALL DOUBLE YOUR BREAD!"

Panel 3
Text: "But 'supernatural' is relative."
Character: "I SHALL DOUBLE YOUR BREAD! Forever. Again."

Panel 4
Text: "'Supernatural' is merely the violation of laws."
Character: "Why are they called 'atoms'?"
Character: "From the Greek 'atomos', meaning 'unsplittable ones'."
Character: "Can we split them?"
Character: "Yep."

Panel 5
Text: "So when the small laws were broken, we became little gods."
Text: "EARLY LAW: MAN CANNOT FLY!"
Text: "LATER LAW: MAN CANNOT FLY COMFORTABLY FOR CHEAP!"

Panel 6
Character: "Hey Mission Control, what was the name of the old Greek moon goddess?"
Character: "Selene, the all-shining!"
Character: "I'M gonna rename her 'America Luna'!"

Panel 7
Text: "And whenever we think we've found the big gods' laws, we find loopholes."
Character: "The laws of the universe say you can't be in two places at once."
Character: "I'M a bit of a judicial activist!"

Panel 8
Text: "We would all be big gods now, if there weren't so many of us."
Character: "My phone can talk to anyone in a thousand miles!"

Panel 9
Text: "Perhaps there are iron laws of the universe. After all, it does seem ordered."
Text: "L(q, i, t) = everything"

Panel 10
Text: "But so does iron, until it melts."
Character: "THIS REACTOR WOULD WORK BETTER AT HOME. CAN WE JUST DILATE TIME EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE?"
Character: "I LEFT AN EXPONENTIALATOR AT HOME."

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