Comic #4162: p-humans

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Here’s the transcription of the comic text:

Panel 1:

• Character 1: "Philosophers have this idea called P-zombies. 'Philosophical zombies.' Individuals who appear human but have no conscious internal experience."
• Character 2: "I think there are P-humans. Individuals who appear to not be human, but actually have a conscious internal experience."

Panel 2:

• Character 1: "For example, there's Sandra here."
• Character 2 (Sandra): "I'm a computer programmer, okay? I look like I'm sitting motionless all day, but I'm doing tons of stuff!"

Panel 3:

• Character 1: "Absolutely fascinating, isn't it?"
• Sandra: "I'm a real, normal person!"

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "How do you know it doesn't have a rich internal world?"
• Sandra: "I once overheard it having a shouting match over whether Python or Perl was better."

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "People are wrong and they need to know!"

Panel 6:

• Character 1: "Absolutely fascinating."

The comic is from SMBC Comics.