Carl Wilkinson

“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

“I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science. So why not carry on, following the path of scientific hedonism? Besides, I did not have the courage for the more rational procedure of suicide.”
― Robert S. Mulliken, Life of a Scientist: An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory

“There are lots of things sons shouldn’t imagine about their mothers, above all what it was like to become one.”
― Bauvard, The Prince Of Plungers

“I predict we will abolish suffering throughout the living world. Our descendants will be animated by gradients of genetically pre-programmed well-being that are orders of magnitude richer than today's peak experiences.”
― David Pearce, The Hedonistic Imperative