Comic #3347: 2014-07-17

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Panel 1: Person 1: "Smart, attractive, reliable. Pick two." Person 2: "PFFT. That's a simple optimization problem. Desirability = Smart * Attractive * Reliable."

Panel 2: Person 2: "Although… some of the factors may be correlated positively or negatively, which limits the possibility space… though, on the other hand, one factor might predict future change in another…"

Panel 3: 12 hours later… Person 2: "After 2^6 simulations, it is clear that you should assign 0.71 to intelligence, 0.83 to reliability, and 0.46 to attractiveness."

Panel 4: Person 1: "Wow. What a waste of time." Person 2: "You must be really attractive and reliable."

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