Comic #4969: precision-medicine
Description
Panel 1:
- Character 1 (Doctor): "WELCOME TO OUR ADVANCED MEDICAL FACILITY! WE NOW HAVE A ROBOTIC SYSTEM TO ANALYZE AND EXPLAIN YOUR RADIOLOGY CHARTS!"
- Character 2 (Patient): "WOW!"
Panel 2:
- Robot: "EXCELLENT PROGNOSIS. THIS HUMAN WILL DIE 30 YEARS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED - A MINUSCULE FRACTION OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE!"
Panel 3:
- Robot: "HE HAS MADE NO DISTINCT CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, AND HE HAS NO SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO INVEST IN A BRAIN-SCANNER OR A BIOGRAPHER."
- Character 3: (Looking concerned)
Panel 4:
- Robot: "BEST OF ALL, HE HAS FEW FRIENDS OR FAMILY, SO HIS EXCRUCIATING PAIN WILL HAVE NO NEGATIVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY."
Panel 5:
- Character 3: "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON HIM PERSONALLY! NOT ON THE WHOLE HUMAN SYSTEM!"
- Robot: "OH. YES."
Panel 6:
- Robot: "YOU HAVE SPARED THE WORLD 600 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS!"
Bottom Corner:
- Logo: "smbc-comics.com"