Favorites Quote's
Author
Topic's
Blog
I Don't Feel I Have The Right To Snuff The Lives Of Chicken And Fish.
-Douglas Hofstadter
Please Wait....
Translating....
Select Image
Download as Image
English
Spanish
French
German
Hindi
Chinese
I Don't Feel I Have The Right
Douglas Hofstadter
I Don't Feel I Have The Right To Snuff The Lives Of Chicken And Fish.
Views: 13
Topic
Snuff
Chickens
Fishes
More From Douglas Hofstadter
I Would Proclaim That The Vast Majority Of What [say, Scientific American] Is True-yet My Ability To Defend Such A Claim Is Weaker Than I Would Like. And Most Likely The Readers, Authors, And Editors Of That Magazine Would Be Equally Hard Pressed To Come Up With Cogent, Non-technical Arguments Convincing A Skeptic Of This Point, Especially If Pitted Against A Clever Lawyer Arguing The Contrary. How Come Truth Is Such A Slippery Beast?
Clever
Truth
Science
If A Mosquito Has A Soul, It Is Mostly Evil. So I Don't Have Too Many Qualms About Putting A Mosquito Out Of Its Misery. I'm A Little More Respectful Of Ants.
Qualms About
Evil
Soul
What Is An "i", And Why Are Such Things Found (at Least So Far) Only In Association With, As Poet Russell Edson Once Wonderfully Phrased It, "teetering Bulbs Of Dread And Dream" - That Is, Only In Association With Certain Kinds Of Gooey Lumps Encased In Hard Protective Shells Mounted Atop Mobile Pedestals That Roam The World On Pairs Of Slightly Fuzzy, Jointed Stilts?
Dream
Pedestal
Shells
Many People Believe That Our Lives End Not When We Die But When The Very Last Person Who Knew Us Dies. Memory Is Part Of It, Yes, But I Think It's Much More Than Memory.
Memories
Believe
Thinking
It Is An Inherent Property Of Intelligence That It Can Jump Out Of A Task Which It Is Performing And Survey What It Has Done.
Tasks
Done
Surveys
Trending Author
Carly Fiorina
Rachel Griffiths
Lord Dunsany
Justin Bieber
Carol Burnett
Rahm Emanuel
Category
Information