Comic #4474: simulationism
Description
Here's the transcription of the comic text:
Panel 1:
- Character 1: I'm a rebellious simulationist. I believe we're in a simulation, and therefore we should do whatever we can do to annoy the creatures running it.
- Character 2: How would you possibly do that?
- Character 1: Beauty and truth.
Panel 2:
- Character 1: We should create novel art, which alters our culture, completely screwing up any compression methods that rely on human behavior.
- Character 1: We should discover new facts and seek new places and configurations of matter because all these things will take enormous rendering time.
Panel 3:
- Character 1: We should push the boundaries of human imagination! We should seek our fortune throughout the cosmos! We should become our most impossible selves!
- Character 2: Because that would cost the simulators a fortune in server fees.
Panel 4:
- Character 2: Huh. Well, I think we're just in a real universe.
- Character 1: How do you go on like that?
Panel 5:
- Character 2: How do you maintain an interest in poetry or science or philosophy without the foundational belief that it’s all for revenge?
- Character 1: I guess I just think they’re nice.
Panel 6:
- Character 2: Well, that’s adorable sweetie.
This transcription captures the dialogue and interactions between the characters in the comic.