Exploring the Infinite
The following bit of genius was written at the close of an open-letter response to a series of obsessive and antagonizing tweets by Deepak to Jerry Coyne. Set to tune of “I am woman” by Helen Reddy I am Deepak; hear me roar As you patronize my store, And buy up all the nostrums that I sell. You may say
“Not only do we not have the originals; we don’t have the first copies of the originals. We don’t even have copies of the copies of the originals, or copies of the copies of the copies of the originals. What we have are copies made later – much later. In most instances, they are copies made many centuries later. And
“If you believe what you like in the gospel and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” -St. Augustine
What We Must Do “We want to stand upon our own feet and look fair and square at the world — its good facts, its bad facts, its beauties, and its ugliness; see the world as it is and be not afraid of it. Conquer the world by intelligence and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that
Overheard @ the Reed house: “I don’t know how old I am.” “You were born in 73, so you’re 37.” “I’m 37? Wow. I’m turning 38 this year. That’s old… why are you playing with the skin around my eyes? You trying to make a point about how old I am?” “No. I was just wondering what you’d look like
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.” -Robert A. Heinlein [Postscript to Revolt
Michael is a big sci-fi fan. He bought a couple new books at the bookstore today, one of which was The Year's Best SF 13. When we got home he showed it to me, I flipped it open and the first thing I read was this quote from John Kessel's The Last American: Artist “The great artist is a rapist.