The Fifth Science

by Exurb1a

I wonder, if we all divorced ourselves in two, what would be the result? One half the observer, one half the doer. I doubt we'd be impressed with what we found.

Humans must be the only animals who build zoos for themselves.

Sweet Jesus, history is strange. When trying to see into the future, one always forgets that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. To every discovery, a parry. For every dove, a bullet.

In all things, across all avenues, a choice must be made: whether to follow love, truth, or power. That choice will consume the chooser. If he follows only love then his wellbeing will be constantly at the mercy of another, though his highs will be sublime. If he follows truth then it will be a lonely journey, but potentially a noble one. If he should follow power though, not only will he come to know a desperate and revolting loneliness, but he will also never experience even a drop of satisfaction in anything.

I had godly foresight. He had beans.

I spent the duration of the travel in longsleep of course and woke to the almost-certain knowledge that my wife was long dead. This is one way to overcome marital issues.

I fear that on my last day, on my deathbed, that is when the meaning of things will enter the room and kiss my forehead and whisper into my ear what it was I should have done with my life, and how I should've conducted myself. Hell isn't a fire pit but a museum of regrets.

The universe is fastidious like that.

That way it could process whatever the dangerous data was and yet not possess the intelligence to off itself.

If a raft should wake up and find its insides full of fleshy little primates, the result was unpleasant at best and much worse at worst.

The science man added, “Oh, it goes without saying there will be no returning to Al’Hazaad in the event of a failure. You will be expected to end your own life. If you have children, we will execute them. If you don’t have children, we will make children from your blood cultures, then execute them.” “Of course.” “Very well then. Pleasant journey.” “Many thanks.”