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{{comic | number = 3397 | date = June 21, 2014 | title = 2014-06-21 | image = 20140621.png | votey = 20140621after.png | titletext = 2014-06-21 }} ==Explanation== {{incomplete}} ==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :In 1950 alan turing proposed test to determine whether a machine has human intelugence :A :In :But this test is not general enough. It only distinguishes human from machine. And, it only determines ability to seem human. It does not tell you whether an entity possesses human moral standing :We propose a new protocol. :Rna :Fish T :Birts :Cats 1 :Cefaceons :1 :I :I Ants Lizards Therapida Doge H.S.pars :The further right you goon the scale, the more uncomfortable it is for the entity to watch you poop :Cats can watch you poop with minimal discomfort. As we walk along the scale toward herding dogs and cephalopods, we experience only :Mild discomfort. :Here is the face of a dolphin watching you poop on this basis, we propose an end to any form of dolphin hunting :This method is 50 robust, to our surprise, it extends beyond humans, whom we originally considered as the maximally awkward poop-watchers the following is a simulation of a perfected mind woven of spacetime as it watches you poop. :Note that the overmind does not feel awkward for pooping in your presence. :I take your silence for bewilderment. :In sum, the defecation-moderateo awkwardness test is a generalized :Method to determine relative moral standing, we propose its use both for future tests of alien sapience and as a way to determine which animals are food and which are friends :What about human couples who use the bathroom at the same time? :I stand by my theory :smbc-comics com ==Votey Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :I need a philosophy bahfest. :00$ to ) E {{comic discussion}} [[Category: Voteys featuring Zach Weinersmith]]
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