I think "Warrior Anemones" would be an excellent band name.
with Hec on the "Who Cares?" bus.
I care! That's not my bus. I'm on the Sentient Tables Bus.
Is the Sentient Tables Bus *itself* sentient? And if not, why not?
Why create a universe? It's mostly empty space and the places that aren't empty are mostly pretty lousy places for life. Why hellish places like Venus? How about instead of a universe, just creating somebody to be nice and loving to?
OTOH, the stars, galaxies and planets are pretty, so maybe that's why God created them. And if God just created the Big Bang, then at least one galaxy would be required for the Earth to be created and life to evolve (as most of the Earth's atoms were created in other stars).
Well, think in terms of billions and billions of years (insert Carl Sagan-like gesturing) -- perhaps the Creator has a long-range plan that spans those billions and billions of years, and which requires the presence of Venus for other things to happen, say, 10 million years down the road. Without Venus, such-and-such thing couldn't happen, which would fuck the Creator's long-range plan.
It's sort of like (follow me, here) a seasons-long arc in a TV show, where something introduced in S1, episode 6, that seems completely unimportant and possibly stupid turns out to be essential for wrapping up S5. It's just that the viewer doesn't know, back in S1, that the phlebotnum will be relevant 4 seasons later.
That's my best guess at why the universe is full of shit we can't use.
Why is discussing these things so much more fun and interesting and feels-like-physics than grading?
Oh, yeah, because most things in the world look so much more fun and interesting than grading, when actually grading. Whining, for example, like I do right now.
Timelies all!
Argh, physics and philosophy. My head hurts.
New home update: We have a dryer! The box spring is still in the dining room(we haven't figured out if there is any way to get it up the stairs), we still have no phone service(Verizon says Thursday, but I'll believe it when I hear it) and the cable guy is coming over tonight to look at our weird system.
Oh, yeah, because most things in the world look so much more fun and interesting than grading, when actually grading. Whining, for example, like I do right now.
You should just get all your students in an empty room. Then tell them, "Pretend you're all electrons. Now move about the room consistent with the laws of quantum mechanics."
Although actually doing that would probably be impossible....
Although actually doing that would probably be impossible....
But it would be fun to watch them try.
Although actually doing that would probably be impossible....
For a start, they'll have to be so identicle, they'll be actually switchable (is that a word?) and nobody will be able to tell either of them apart. That's already hard.
[Edit: I've watched "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" last night. Now I imagine the electrons as Oompa-Loompas. Who knew electrons sing?]
That's my best guess at why the universe is full of shit we can't use.
My best guess is that not only is it probably not about me, it's not about us. There's too much out there for me to feel that I'm important to anyone but myself, and just marginally relevant to some of the people I've interacted with so far.
ita, you are TOTALLY marginally relevant to me. I mean that from the heart.
You're the sweetest, Robin.
Somehow, the question of the relevance if mist of the universe to us (or the other way around) has reminded me of something one of the actors on 6FU said about how the show is now out there, lightyears away. Is that true if it was only ever on cable?
