Matrix
Explanation
The Joke
A human (resembling a character in a Matrix-like scenario) asks an alien: "Is it okay to steal food to feed the hungry?" The alien says to "just consult your morality matrix." The alien then explains that the morality numbers in the matrix include "whole numbers, imaginary numbers, irrational numbers, morality numbers, God numbers, complex numbers" — a jumble of real mathematical concepts mixed with nonsensical ones.
The human protests: "You mean to tell me you have imaginary numbers, artificial intelligence, and you built mathematics and you haven't worked out basic rules of ethics?" The alien, irritated, threatens: "If you identify my ignoring any number I will stab your face." The human concedes: "It all makes so much sense."
The Humor
The comic satirizes the idea (popular in science fiction) that advanced alien civilizations would have correspondingly advanced moral systems. Instead, these aliens have developed incredibly sophisticated mathematics — including number systems beyond human comprehension — but still haven't figured out basic ethical questions like whether it's okay to steal food for the hungry.
This mirrors a real observation about human civilization: we've made enormous progress in mathematics, physics, and technology, but moral philosophy remains as contentious and unresolved as it was in ancient Greece. The joke is that mathematical sophistication and moral sophistication are completely orthogonal. The alien's threat of violence in the final panel perfectly demonstrates this — despite having "God numbers" in their mathematical toolkit, they still resort to crude intimidation when challenged, just like humans do.