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idan_cohen

on birds, poems, joey comeau, conspiracies, the state of our economy

Jul 12, 2008 22:22

Hey guys, it is 22:22, just now, precisely. Ok, not anymore, but let's roll with this. 22 is twice 11, which is twice 5 and a half, which is twice two and three fourths, I think? I've lost my train of thought here. Maybe I meant to make a point about the infinitude of numbers. Borges wrote an Argumentum Ornithologium, in which a flock of birds ( Read more... )

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tyoko July 12 2008, 19:59:45 UTC

Borges must not have been a big fan of Quantum Theory, "God does not play dice" indeed! :)

aoanla July 13 2008, 10:58:48 UTC

There once was a man who said ‘God
Must think it exceedingly odd
if he finds that this tree
Continues to be
When there’s no one about in the Quad.

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Dear Sir, You astonishment’s odd;
I am always about in the Quad.
And that’s why the tree
Will continue to be,
Since observed by Yours faithfully, God.