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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | In this comic [[Megan]] asks [[Cueball]] to imagine a creature that can escape from imagined scenes, and then tries to convince him that it has indeed escaped from the imagined scene, and will appear in Cueball's daydreams. (This is similar to the idea behind [[248: Hypotheticals]]). | |
− | + | This comic may be a reference to {{w|René Descartes}}' {{w|Ontological_argument#Ren.C3.A9_Descartes|Ontological Argument] for the existence of God. | |
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+ | Informally the ontological argument proceeds as follows: | ||
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+ | :Descartes: "I can imagine a perfect being called God." | ||
+ | :"But if it didn't also exist it wouldn't be perfect." | ||
+ | :"Therefore God exists." | ||
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+ | Both this comic and the ontological argument take an imagined being and then have that being transcend or escape the imagination due to its imagined qualities. | ||
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+ | The title text tries a proposed solution to the creature in the imagination, namely making a creature that the first fears. However, that creature, for the first to actually fear it, would have to also be able to move through brains easily and escape from imagined scenes, so the problem is now worse. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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