Because It's Better To Be Irrational With Me Than Rational With Someone Else
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Because I Know The Answer To The Ultimate Question
I just remembered something that happened to me yesterday. I was walking around the campus and I was approached by my metalsmithing professor (the one that enjoys the softness of my clothes). Our conversation looked as follow:
Him: Do you know the meaning of life?
Me: No.
Him: What do you know then?
Me: Depends in what area. (I'm really confused at the time)
Him: Well, you walk with this expression on your face, almost a smirk. It's as if you knew the biggest secret ever, or knew the answer to the most important question ever, and felt pity over us that we don't know it. (He laughed and I smiled)
Me: Well, I'm sorry to disappoint, but I do not know any secret and I do not know the answer to the most important question because I do not know what the question is.
Him: What's the meaning of life?
Me: I don't know. I simply don't believe there is any meaning to life. So if there is a meaning, I do not know it.
Him: So you do know the answer! (He laughed, and I smiled confused)
Me: If 'I don't know/no meaning' is the answer, then I guess I do know it.
Him: I still won't let you use the hard solder without any supervision.
And he left with what I thought was the imitation of my mysterious face expression. He does not trust me with fire. Smart man. Nobody trusts me with matches, even I don't trust myself. I see fire, and some magical switch turns on in my head, and I cause destruction and ... I'm going to sleep.
2:55 a.m. - March 19, 2006
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