Hi Chuck
As Douglas Adams, wrote "so long and thanks for all the fish"
Erik Some apropos quotes. The first three are attributable to Carl Sagan,
IIRC:
"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition."
"If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?"
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
This one is a favorite:
"The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent." - J. H. Holmes
This one a core belief:
"My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we *can* suppose. " - J. B. S. Haldane
And finally one that cuts right to the meat of the whole argument:
"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams
On 8/20/07, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
Well, I could have just as appropriately asked, Does the tree and/or forest exist?
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