Comic #5625: cantor

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Here's the transcription of the comic text:

Panel 1:

• Person 1: "AND ONCE GEORG CANTOR GLIMPSED SOMETHING BEYOND INFINITY… HE WENT MAD…"
• Person 2: "ARE YOU SURE?"

Panel 2:

• Person 1: "GLIMPSES BEYOND INFINITY ARE NOW GIVEN TO FRESHMAN MATH STUDENTS AS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, AND THEY DON'T SEEM ESPECIALLY PRONE TO GO MAD."

Panel 3:

• Person 1: "FOR THAT MATTER, DUMBASSES WHO HAVEN'T GLIMPSED ANYTHING ALSO GO MAD. WE JUST DON'T CARE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD STORY."

Panel 4:

• Person 1: "LIKE, IF YOU HEARD A REALLY GOOD GARDENER WENT CRAZY, WOULD YOU SAY 'LEARNING THE SECRETS OF HORTICULTURE… PLANTED THE SEEDS OF MADNESS?'"

Panel 5:

• Person 2: "I DIDN'T BUT NOW I WILL."

Panel 6:

• Person 1: "OKAY, LET ME START OVER."

Comic source: SMBC Comics.