God's Debris A free book download by Scott Adams. The book is very hard to explain, but it is basically about a man who knows everythig. posted to books -> books by Planettroy, Nov 17th, 2005
The basic concept of the book is that God exploded and is trying to put himself back together again through a massive system of connections we know as the Internet.
I "sidn't" mean to press enter.
I also prefer Dilbert, but this was an interesting idea, even though most of Adam's assertions are narrowly definitive non-sequiturs. For example, his definition of free will is that is something you own, while it is more of the ability to choose, and you cannot own an ability. Maybe you can. It was just interesting to hear a very strange perspective on omnipotence.
The book is really just a big thought experiment involving answering the big questions of life, the universe and everything with the simplest possible answers, and trying to find out what's wrong with the conclusions you come to.
KyleKat, it's human nature to prefer simpler explanations to more complex ones. You are subconciously comfortable with the explanations given in God's Debris because they are optimally simple and involve minimal assumption, and you are thus unable to refute them.
I perfer Dilbert, thank you.
"...very hard to explain, but it is basically about a man who knows everythig."
Hmm. I sidn't know they wrote a book about me...
Oh wait, that says "everyTHIG." I've never met any thigs.
What's a thig, anyway? Does the fact that I don't know what a thig is contradict my assertion that I know everything?
Note to Self: If you're going to be a smart ass & mock someone's typos, be sure you check your own...
sidn't = didn't
*grumble*
The basic concept of the book is that God exploded and is trying to put himself back together again through a massive system of connections we know as the Internet.
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I "sidn't" mean to press enter.
I also prefer Dilbert, but this was an interesting idea, even though most of Adam's assertions are narrowly definitive non-sequiturs. For example, his definition of free will is that is something you own, while it is more of the ability to choose, and you cannot own an ability. Maybe you can. It was just interesting to hear a very strange perspective on omnipotence.
The book is really just a big thought experiment involving answering the big questions of life, the universe and everything with the simplest possible answers, and trying to find out what's wrong with the conclusions you come to.
Yeah. The strange thing is, I can't raise a single argument against those ideas.
Maybe I'm just crazy.
KyleKat, it's human nature to prefer simpler explanations to more complex ones. You are subconciously comfortable with the explanations given in God's Debris because they are optimally simple and involve minimal assumption, and you are thus unable to refute them.
Or, he just agrees with the views... that's a possiblity.
Same thing, really.
Ironically jbot's response proves biggerJ's response.