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“Meaning is something we ascribe to things in order to understand them. Reality itself is meaningless. Once this jagged, little pill digests within us, it unlocks a beautiful gift: free will.”
― The Art of Talking to Yourself
― The Art of Talking to Yourself
“God's Final Message to His Creation:
'We apologize for the inconvenience.”
― So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
'We apologize for the inconvenience.”
― So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
“whalers in Nantucket if not the world. In 1823 Valentine Starbuck was chartered by the King and Queen of Hawaii to take them on a trip to England, where the unfortunate royal pair died of measles.”
― The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
― The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
“In 1956, oceanographer Henry Stommel suggested that, because of differences in temperature and salinity between the surface and the deep ocean, if you connect the surface and the deep ocean with a tube and push water through it, it might continue flowing indefinitely.”
― What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
― What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
“The “north” end of a magnet is the one that points toward the Earth’s north pole, which means the Earth’s north magnetic pole is technically a south magnetic pole, and vice versa.”
― What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
― What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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