Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

Dogbert: So, Since Columbus is dead, you have no evidence that the earth is round. Dilbert: Look. You can Ask Senator John Glenn. He orbited the earth when he was an astronaut. Dogbert: So, your theory depends on the honesty of politicians. Dilbert: Yes... no, wait.

The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility.

I have infinite capacity to do more work as long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero.

Your inability to see other possibilities and your lack of vocabulary are your brain's limits, not the universe's.

I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The symptom in my case was a pinky finger that went spastic when I tried to draw.

And bring me a hard copy of the Internet so I can do some serious surfing.