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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (37485)	11/19/2001 5:25:10 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Still waiting for you to tell me when the world will end. Maybe you also know how, whether with a bang or a whimper? But the time and date will do for now. TIA for the information.

To: epicure who wrote (37485)	11/19/2001 5:55:01 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I like it that fundamental questions remain a mystery... I like it, too. Too many mysteries have been solved. As kid, I loved it that were unexplored parts of the world, such as darkest Africa. (There were tantalizing rumors then that dinosaurs might still exist there). And no one had ever seen the other side of the moon. Antarctica was a complete mystery, with speculation that there might be temperate, lush valleys in the interior. It was fun to imagine such things. There is not much left to the imagination now. As to space, we might as well concede that while we can use the word "infinite," our minds will never be capable of processing that concept in any meaningful way. Neither will we ever be able to process the idea that space is finite, because we will always ask, "Then what is on the other side of it?" These issues will always be a mystery, unless we get new kinds of brains (In Oz?) BTW, I seem to recall you mentioning the Oz books. All-time favorites of mine (even when they were condemned by educators). I actually liked the Ruth Plumly Thompson series better than I liked Baum. I have quite a few of the books, and still enjoy reading them. That's one of the occasions when I laugh at myself. JC