Coragyps writes:
Faith, why do antipsychotic drugs work much of the time? Does ziprasidone repel demons?
Or, might I ask you, Faith, why do antipsychotic drugs work much of the time? Does ziprasidone repel demons?
Why is that?
(for several reasons)
I guess Maxwell's demon refers to that little troll that sits inside the nucleus of the atom.
Just think of all that time you wasted on that PhD in chemistry when you could have just blamed all molecular interactions on invisible boogeymen.
And I used to think Christianity generally replaced Animism over time when such cultures collided.
Live and learn.
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. - the character Rorschach in Watchmen