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January 16, 2008 – 10:39 pm

Here is a short and disturbing story: The Riddle of the Universe and its Solution, by Christopher Cherniak. I sometimes wish I hadn’t read it.

Posted by Malcolm on at 10:39 pm, filed under General. RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

4 Comments

  1. Andrew says

    Reminded me of Monty Pythons funniest joke in the world.

    Posted January 17, 2008 at 1:45 pm | Permalink
  2. Malcolm says

    Hi, Andrew,

    The same idea, yes.

    Posted January 17, 2008 at 1:49 pm | Permalink
  3. Horace Jeffery Hodges says

    I, also, was reminded of the Monty Python episode. Anyway, I’m glad that I’m not smart enough to succumb to the Riddle’s dire effects…

    Jeffery Hodges

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    Posted January 17, 2008 at 7:21 pm | Permalink
  4. bighominid says

    I remembered the Monty Python episode only after seeing the previous comments, but before reading the comments, I was reminded of one of the Bloom County (or maybe it was Outland) comic strips in which Bill the Cat and some other folks end up in a daze — with underwear on their heads — after having a cosmic realization re: the infinitesimal odds of any given person actually coming into existence. If I can find that strip online, I’ll be sure to link to it.

    Kevin

    Posted January 19, 2008 at 1:14 pm | Permalink

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