Comic #7121: bigger

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Panel 1:
"Hey evolution, how come we don’t have bigger brains? Were we limited by the size of the birth canal?"

Panel 2:
"No. Why do humans always think everything is about butts? Human brains are at the universal maximum size."

Panel 3:
"Neural evolution always runs the same associations. First you develop sensing. Then you use sense data to make associations. Then you use association to make simple predictions. Then you develop simulated world models to make complex predictions."

Panel 4:
"If your neocortex were about a quarter-pint bigger, you'd be able to run perfect sims in your head."

Panel 5:
"And then what would you do?"

Panel 6:
"Think about butts unceasingly until I die of thirst."

Panel 7:
"The only way to transcend human intelligence is to have a mind with no desires. Evolution can’t produce that because desires lead to mating. Human engineers won’t produce that, because you’d program them to desire doing laundry in sexy underwear."

Panel 8:
"Yes."

Panel 9:
"So humans are the end. The absolute pinnacle of intelligence."

Panel 10:
"In the same sense that roaches are the pinnacle of survival, yes."