Comic #5264: fish

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Description

The comic features two characters in lab coats.

Character 1 on the left asks, "What are you doing?"
Character 2 responds, "Adding human-type pain receptors to this trout."
Character 1 then asks, "…why?"
Character 2 replies, "Because philosophy has gotten us nowhere."

In the bottom panel, there is additional text:
"Instead of arguing over whether fish feel pain, why not engineer fish that definitely feel pain and be done with it?"

The scene depicts a humorous take on scientific inquiry and the philosophical debates surrounding animal pain.