Your love is reciprocated
Why does perfection exist?
1) That is assuming it does exist
2) What definition of perfection are you using?
But, don't wanna derail. Big Virg! What do you think of H.G. Wells? I picked up Invisible Man finally and am bangin' through it in a hurry, it's a nice little book. It's funny, I used to think Wells was a cynic but the preface by the editor suggested that he was just a lonely person that felt alienated and it gives a new context to some of his stuff.
/lolwhoreadstheasedays
I've read
War of the Worlds,
The Time Machine, and
The Invisible Man and had kind of the same opinion on each: he was ahead of his time in terms of the stories that science fiction revolve around but isn't the best writer. At no point did I stop and say 'that was a very good sentence/image/analogy/etc', which isn't to say I didn't enjoy them because I did, but that would put him significantly higher in my book.
Virg:
Is to say something is hidden the same thing as saying it is nonexistent?
A ninja version of the infamous 'tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it' question, eh?
To say something 'is' anything presupposes it's existence, I would argue. You then reach a potential problem with the statement 'this is nonexistent'; you are both formally stating something is existent and nonexistent at the same time. I find this very similar to the problem with the word 'indescribable'; it's an adjective, it's describing a word by saying nothing can describe it. I actually have a theory that proves 'indescribable' is a useless word because of this inherent contradiction. I would guess this existence problem is similar. When you are saying something like 'unicorns are nonexistent', you don't quite have a paradox though: while not formally said, it translates to 'the IDEA of unicorns exists (obviously) but whatever is mapped to that idea (unicorns) does not'. This makes sense since we can talk about unicorns (actually, the idea of unicorns) despite the fact they do not exist because of this mapping.
So, in sum, I would say hidden does not equate nonexistence. Not only from above, but existence is arguably independent from observation; the world does not disappear every time you close your eyes. A solipsist could argue this, but they are fools.
Don't you think eating seafood cancels out the health benefits and/or the moral benefits of a vegetarian/vegan diet?
I do not avoid meat for moral/ethical reasons. I am for the butchering of animals for food, as long as it is done relatively humanely.
As long as the shrimp/fish/crab is harvested in a pollutant free environment and not cooked poorly (I avoid fried food) then seafood is relatively healthier than red and white meats; it is just the nature of the meat itself.
Will you describe to me the beauty of space?
Space is the infinite emptiness where all men, since they took their first steps, have filled their dreams. It is the existentialists reminder; that things more bizarre, more unique, perhaps more worthy of omnipotent care and nursing may be out there. It is mother of our reality; we are literally the grandchildren of the stars. But we are secluded on a pale blue dot, isolated physically and mentally from it all. We can only guess at the wonders to behold across the universe and even then, we can see but a few shades of beauty with our eyes. But we can see the dance of the planets and stars; a dance, choreographed and preordained since the beginning of time, between stardust greater than any mind can imagine.
But the most beautiful thing is that it doesn't end. Our concept of space is limited in the very strictest of terms; roads end, oceans fade into land. Space does not end. Light, existent since the first motions is still travelling, and always will, into the nothingness; the unfathomable abyss that is the only home we have ever known.
