In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.

Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.

He spent a lot of time flying. He learnt to communicate with birds and discovered that their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with wind speed, wing spans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries. Unfortunately, he discovered, once you have learnt birdspeak you quickly come to realize that the air is full of it the whole time, just inane bird chatter. There is no getting away from it.

Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.

How do I know the past is not a fiction conceived to reconcile the difference between my state of mind and the present.