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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] | + | [[Cueball]] periodically says "I know you're listening" aloud in empty rooms. The idea is, that if nobody is listening he doesn't lose anything, but if somebody ''is'' listening he gains by freaking them out. In this case another Cueball-like surveillance man does get quite the shock. |
− | As mentioned in the title text, this is similar to {{w|Pascal's Wager}}. {{w|Blaise Pascal}} was a French philosopher and mathematician who discussed the issue of the possibility that God actually does exist or not. | + | As mentioned in the title text, this is similar to {{w|Pascal's Wager}}. {{w|Blaise Pascal}} was a French philosopher and mathematician who discussed the issue of the possibility that God actually does exist or not. A rational person should believe in God because he wouldn't lose anything if this is wrong, but if this belief is correct he would gain immensely by going to heaven at his afterlife due to being a Christian. The argument works equally well for any and all gods, but doesn't give any reason to choose one over the other, so it seems unlikely that Pascal's Wager has ever changed anybody's religious views. One important way Cueball's wager is different from Pascal's is that Cueball can choose to engage in paranoid pranks, but belief is not something that one can possess simply by choice. |
− | + | This comic has a clear resemblance to the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/My_Hobby My Hobby] series. This would also make it clear the Cueball in this comic is actually [[Randall]]. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Above the two panel comic:] |
:Now and then, I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. | :Now and then, I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. | ||
− | + | :[Cueball is sitting in an armchair, reading. He murmurs something.] | |
− | :[Cueball is sitting in an armchair, reading. He murmurs something | + | :[Second Cueball like surveillance man with headphones jumps out of chair in front of a large computer terminal after hearing Cueball's mumble. His chair has fallen over.] |
− | + | :[Below the two panel comic:] | |
− | :[ | + | :If I'm wrong, no one knows. |
− | + | :And if I'm right, maybe I just freaked | |
− | :[ | + | :the hell out of some secret organization. |
− | :If I'm wrong, no one knows. And if I'm right, maybe I just freaked the hell out of some secret organization | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] |