Re: virus: The Game called Life (what if?)

Craig Dolan-Betney (Craig@seedy-bee.freeserve.co.uk)
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:49:10 +0000

Can humour be a symptom of cognitive dissonance?

--Craig
(this list is giving me more memes than I realised
:-)

Ben Mack wrote:

> "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
>
> Wade T.Smith wrote:
> >>What if? :
> >
> >What if all that has already happened? And is, in fact, where we are
> >right now. Even as we speak?
> >
> >******************************************************
> >"All life is nature's simple conversation with death."
> > ×××××××××××××××
> > Wade T. Smith --- morbius@channel1.com
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> >
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