Comic #3780: genetic-programming

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Panel 1: Person 1: "Sometimes I think I'm just a machine fulfilling programming. All of my actions can be easily tied to my evolutionary history."

Panel 2: Person 2: "I like cake because it's high calorie and easily digestible. I like looking at pretty girls because I'm evaluating them as potential mates. I like praise from peers because it implies strong social status."

Panel 3: Person 2: "Out of infinite possible atomic configurations, a thing called you came into existence, with a whole dashboard of easily-pressable pleasure buttons." Person 1: "Your feelings are stupid."

Panel 4: Person 1: "And what do you do? Complain that the dashboard doesn't also have a two-way radio to God."

Panel 5: Person 2: "Can't you disagree politely?" Person 1: "I don't want to lose my rank in our pecking order."