Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought.
I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
Real data is messy. ...It's all very noisy out there. Very hard to spot the tune. Like a piano in the next room, it's playing your song, but unfortunately it's out of whack, some of the strings are missing, and the pianist is tone deaf and drunk- I mean, the noise! Impossible!
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.
A circle is the longest distance to same point.
...reality, the name we give to the common experience.