Comic #6210: panpsychism

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Panel 1: Character 1: "I'M A PANPSYCHIST. I BELIEVE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY OBJECTS THAT PROCESS INFORMATION PARTAKE OF SOME PORTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS." Character 2: "OH?" Character 1: "STUPID."

Panel 2: Character 1: "LOOK AROUND YOU. WHAT CONSCIOUSNESS DO YOU SEE?"

Panel 3: Character 1: "MAPLES TRY TO GROW IN DUMPSTERS. SEAGULLS EAT PLASTIC. YOU GOT FISH WHO DIE TRYING TO SWIM INTO NUCLEAR REACTOR HEAT DUMPS. YOU GOT HUMANS WHO LITERALLY GO TO WAR DUE TO SEMANTIC CONFUSION IN RELIGIOUS VIEWS."

Panel 4: Character 1: "THAT'S WHY I'M A PAN-MORONIST. I THINK EVERYTHING AROUND US CAN THINK BUT NONE OF IT IS GOOD AT THINKING." Character 2: "OKAY BUT THEN YOU DO AGREE THAT EVERYTHING CAN THINK."

Panel 5: Character 1: "AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S STUPID."

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