I have only one thing to say regarding the passing of the late great Mr. Vonnegut...

[pbrane]

and it's not even something *I* have to say:

The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can

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[kitty_scarboro]

i love that quote.

happy baby news (heartbeat, healthy little one), congrats.

[pbrane]

i love that quote.

Yeah, me too. I really would like to take it to heart better. But it's a pernicious illusion to shake, here on earth.

happy baby news (heartbeat, healthy little one), congrats.

Yay! Thanks!

[cidr]

i think it would have been cool if he'd insisted on being called K-Von

[nightlore]

Well, interestingly enough, the theoretical physicist you link, the platonia-guy who thinks that change is primordial and time secondary, is (at best) merely paraphrasing Aristotle's conception of time, as spelled out in 'Physics,' chapters 10-14...

Hilarious.

[nightlore]

ummm, chapters 10-14 of book delta, that is.