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I think of humans as a form of fire uniquely cursed with the ability to see the beauty in what it's burning, and to feel bad about it.
by mullingitover 6y ago
I think of humans as a form of fire uniquely cursed with the ability to see the beauty in what it's burning, and to feel bad about it.
- Infernal 6y agoI just wanted to let you know I really appreciate this idea - there is beauty in the layers of analogy.
- sen 6y agoI truly think it’s a minority who feel bad about it, or care about it at all.
- drc500free 6y agoI think the important distinction between life and non-life is that life creates local reductions in entropy. At a macro scale, both fire and life create net entropy. The difference is when you zoom in and see either created order or uniform destruction.