Comic #4276: we-are-special

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "ARE HUMANS SPECIAL?"
• Character 2: "Of course."
• Character 2: "BECAUSE WE HAVE SYNTAX."
• Character 3: "NAH. BIRDS HAVE THAT."

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "BECAUSE WE HAVE CULTURE."
• Character 3: "DOLPHINS HAVE THAT."
• Character 2: "TOOL USE."
• Character 3: "CEPHALOPODS."
• Character 2: "COMMERCE."
• Character 3: "MONKEYS."
• Character 2: "WAR?"
• Character 3: "ANTS."

Panel 3:

• Character 1: "HUMANS, ALONE AMONG ALL CREATURES, ARE OBSESSED WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE SPECIAL."
• Character 3: "THEN WHY ARE WE SPECIAL?"

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "…AND ONCE WE REALIZE IT, WE'LL STOP DOING IT, AND IT WON'T BE TRUE ANY MORE."
• Character 2: "TRULY, WE ARE DAMNED."

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