Comic #6811: be

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Panel 1: Text: "DEAR ALL-POWERFUL COMPUTER, ARE THERE EMERGENT PROPERTIES IN NATURE?"

Computer's response: "Oh yes! Emergent properties are everywhere!"

Panel 2: Person: "I'm assuming by 'emergent property' you mean whenever humans see one of something and can't fathom how two of it might work, right?"

Computer: "Uh—"

Person: "It's cute!"

Panel 3: Person: "It's sort of like how babies don’t have object permanence; you show a human a drop of water and then peekaboo! Lots of water has currents and waves and things and they never would've guessed!"

Computer: "Well—"

Panel 4: Person: "LOOK! A LARGE NUMBER OF LOGIC GATES CAN REASON AND LEARN!"

Person: "YAYYYY! AGAIN! AGAIN! YAYYYYYY!"

Sound effect: "clap-clap-clap"

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