Sunday, 24 March 2024

Whodunit

People constantly boast about anticipating the "big reveals" or "whodunnits" in novels and films. But, these big reveals are always very implausible, if not outright silly. Real life rarely has twisted endings. So they're predicting how the author will try to surprise his or her readership. If they imagine that this somehow will transfer to real events in the real world, they're very much mistaken. In novels, the killer might be the very last person you expected. In real life, the killer will be the most likely suspect.

I rarely read or watch this sort of stuff, and when I do, I rarely anticipate the big reveals or guess the killer. I'm always suspecting the plausible suspects or outcomes.

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

It is very unsatisfactory

Just thinking. In 2 billion years time, the Earth will be completely devoid of all life. A hot, barren husk. All signs that human beings ever existed will be completely erased.. well, perhaps apart from those 2 voyager spacecraft.

It seems all very unsatisfactory.

Sunday, 17 March 2024

Hard Hats

 Good they're wearing hard hats. You can't be too careful!  From here.

 


 

 

 

Materialism is Crazy

I think materialism is absolutely crazy. Yet, even more crazy is that people actually believe it. It is mind numbing; How can they believe i...