“Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of consciousness, a flow of thoughts and feelings in which there is no real self to be discovered.”
Jim Holt“I find it hard to swallow the notion that the world is improved by extra suffering. And that goes for a lot of Christian doctrine. Jones commits a crime, so you expiate the evil by nailing Smith to a cross and it's all better. - John Leslie”
Jim Holt, Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story“Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of consciousness, a flow of thoughts and feelings in which there is no real self to be discovered.”
Jim Holt, Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story“Having just enough life to enjoy being dead.”
Jim Holt, Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story