Comic #4884: quantified-self
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Panel 1:
- Character 1: "SHOULD HUMAN BEINGS STRIVE FOR PLEASURE OR FOR FULFILLMENT?"
- Character 2: "THAT'S A MATH QUESTION, NOT A PHILOSOPHY QUESTION."
Panel 2:
- Title: LIFE OF PLEASURE:
- Text: "PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IS 80%. LIFE SATISFACTION IF SUCCESSFUL IS 5 ON A SCALE FROM 0 TO 10. PROBABILITY-WEIGHTED VALUE IS 0.8 * 5 = 4."
Panel 3:
- Title: LIFE OF FULFILLMENT:
- Text: "PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IS 20%. LIFE SATISFACTION IF SUCCESSFUL IS 10. PROBABILITY-WEIGHTED VALUE IS 0.2 * 10 = 2."
Panel 4:
- Character 1: "SO, NO LIFE STRATEGY GETS YOU EVEN HALFWAY TO THE MAXIMUM VALUE?"
- Character 2: "THERE IS ONE."
Panel 5:
- Title: MUDDLE THROUGH:
- Text: "PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IS 100%. LIFE SATISFACTION IF SUCCESSFUL IS 7.7 * 1.0 = 7."
Panel 6:
- Quote: "I TELL YOU, WE ARE HERE ON EARTH TO FART AROUND."
—KURT VONNEGUT - Character 1: "DID YOU KNOW HE TRAINED AS A SCIENTIST BEFORE WRITING BOOKS?"
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