Comic #3075: 2013-10-18

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Here’s the transcription of the text in the comic:

Panel 1
Character 1: "Do you think it’s possible to be truly attentive?"
Character 2: "What does that mean?"

Panel 2
Character 2: "Humans are constantly experiencing hallucinations. We "see" things where our blind spots are. We imagine people when we're alone. We hear phones ringing when all is silent."

Panel 3
Character 2: "We fail to see what’s right in front of our faces."

Panel 4
Character 2: "And even when we see parts of things, we have no ability to conceptualize the totality."

Panel 5
Character 2: "If you walk through a cornfield, you know it’s big and you know it’s corn, but do you really understand it as a unit?"

Panel 6
Character 1: "I dunno. These discussions are silly. Of course you can’t process everything at once. Even if you could, when would it ever be useful?"

Panel 7
Text: "DEAR READER OF THIS COMIC PLEASE ZOOM OUT"