This comic actually makes a lot of sense.
For those unfamiliar with modern physics, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states (in a non-mathematical summary) that for any particle, it impossible to simultaneously know its exact position and its exact momentum. That is, the more accurately you measure one, the less accurately it is possible to measure the other.
Interestingly, you can make a similar observation about life and death, which is spelled out very humorously in the above comic.
For a sufficiently large population, you can very accurately predict how many people will die at any given time, but it is impossible to know exactly who they are. Conversely, for each individual person, we all know that he will eventually die, but it is impossible to know exactly when it will occur.
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