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Light is a funny thing. Its wavelength defines what it can and can’t interact with. Anything smaller than the wavelength is functionally nonexistent to that photon. That’s why there’s a mesh over the window of a microwave. The holes in the mesh are too small for microwaves to pass through. But visible light, with a much shorter wavelength, can go through freely. So you get to
watch your food cook without melting your face off.
Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.
Oh thank God. I can’t imagine explaining “sleep” to someone who had never heard of it. Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a
while, I go insane and eventually die. No need for concern.
He was having the worst day of his life. If I could help by just listening, I’d do it.
“I am happy. You no die. Let’s save planets!”
“It is when person not act normal. Danger to self.” “Ah,” I say, adding the new chord into my language database. “Crazy. My word for that is ‘crazy.’ ” “Crazy. Humans are crazy.”
“Why humans need water so much, question? Inefficient life-forms!”
