Alex Davis

“Perhaps philosophical progress is not found in the uncovering of truths but rather in our acceptance of the harsh reality that there aren’t any—at least none that we have access to. Perhaps we are all trapped in the fly-bottle, and no one’s coming to let us out. But through things like science and math, music and art, and philosophy, we can make the most of our time with each other in here while we are still in here.”
― Robert Pantano, The Art of Living an Absurd Existence: Paradoxes and Thought Experiments That Change the Way You Think

“You simply don’t have the physical hardware you’d need to see the true nature of Blue 89461, and yet you’ll still agree the color of the sky today is Blue 89461, because Blue 89461 doesn’t actually mean anything. It’s just the name we all gave to whatever we saw when we looked up at the sky.”
― Jonathan Katz, Cleave the Sparrow

“The good news, though, is that whether you are in a dream right now or not likely doesn’t matter. If you can’t know the difference, then what’s the difference? If love and fear and meaning are felt in your dreams, if apparent truths are discovered and wonders are found, if experiences are experienced in anything, anywhere, does it matter if it is objectively real in the way you think? The fact that you exist, able to experience anything at all, is perhaps all you can truly know and all you need to know.”
― Robert Pantano, The Art of Living an Absurd Existence: Paradoxes and Thought Experiments That Change the Way You Think

“When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.” —Arapaho proverb”
― Hourly History, Native American History: A History from Beginning to End