But reality really is a mess, and yet it's exciting. The basic thing is, how frightened are you of chaos? And how happy are you with order? Van Vogt influenced me so much because he made me appreciate...
Consciousness of unconsciousness
Let me sleep, he said, and shut the door; it clicked in her face and she felt animal terror - this was what she feared most in life: the clicking shut of a man's door in her face.Instantly, she raised...
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. This touches on the heart of the argumentum ad populum fallacy. Physical reality does not require belief to sustain it, and belie...