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Jul 18, 2005 19:55

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I can't sleep, I had way too much coffee and way too much tea today. Bad choices. I was up late last night too, only it wasn't caffeine, it was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceHomo sapiens is an unfortunate thing to be. Able to ask "why" but unable to answer it, able to consider the 'meta' but not able to ( Read more... )

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taechay July 23 2005, 11:32:46 UTC

That new potter book is apparently loved by many people. Already met one other person who lost sleep over it ( ... )

din_din_dote July 25 2005, 21:15:53 UTC

Sleeplessness and 'the big why question' are two very different things. One is understood and answered easily, the other is not. I'm awake late > I'm not tired > I've consumed caffeine > I've had a lot of coffee, whatever.

And to the rest of your reply, to put it simply: I don't buy the Christian explanation. I don't make the great leap of faith that's required.

Some sort of 'supreme being or order' is possible but I can't really know. "With regard to the gods, I cannot feel sure either that they are or that they are not, nor what they are like in figure; for there are many things that hinder sure knowledge, the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of human life," to quote Protagoras.