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TRANSCRIPT:
Marvin: Even noticed how Wikipedia is some sort of hyperreality?
You know, a super-concentrated representation of something juxtaposed into an unnatural situation.
For example: a garden. Concentrated essence of nature forced into a boxy shape.
Nature as hyperreality.
So, Wikipedia as hyperreality. If the free, user-generated article about something- say, The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett- is funny, you can more or less be certain that the Discworld series itself is funny.
And if the article is fascinating,
Take, for example, the one about the Antikythera mechanism, or the Voynich manuscripts...
You can bet your life that the genuine artifact is fascinating.
or vandalised.
NOTES:
Absolutely heartbreaking punchline, I know. I was just running out of room with no punchline to end the strip, saw an exit, and took it on out.
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