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They say hunger is the greatest seasoning. When you’re starving, your brain rewards you handsomely for finally eating. Good job, it says, we get to not die for a while!
The situation was dire and deadly, but it was also the norm. Londoners during the Blitz in World War II went about their day as normal, with the understanding that occasionally buildings get blown up. However desperate things were, someone still had to deliver milk. And if Mrs. McCreedy’s house got bombed in the night, well, you crossed it off the delivery list.
That just life now
Because what’s the point of even having a world if you’re not going to pass it on to the next generation?
All life needs is a chemical reaction that results in copies of the original catalyst. And you don’t need water for that!”
penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe.” “You poked it with a stick?” “No!” I said. “Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
Human suffering is often an abstract concept to kids. But animal suffering is something else entirely.
That’s pretty much a rule in electronics: You never get diodes right on the first try.
Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.
“I’m not a computer guy. I’m an engineer.”
“Are all Russians crazy?” “Yes,” he said with a smile. “It is the only way to be Russian and happy at the same time.” “That’s…dark.” “That’s Russian!”
and the dopiness from the painkillers, it’s hard to concentrate. And I’m tired. One thing I learned back in my graduate school days: When you’re stupid tired, accept that you’re stupid tired. Don’t try to solve things right then.
