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[caleb]

So I was scrolling thechive.com yesterday, like usual, when I came across this in one of the posts of motivational quotes. Typically these kinds of things make you think for a little bit then you go on about your day without much changing. This one has really stuck with me though, it definitely caught me off guard when I first read it. I have been giving it much thought and figured this would be an interesting place to bring it. I still can't choose an answer to it, I continue to go back and forth. Any thoughts of your own?

[kaijyuu]

Oh, reincarnation? Eh, even if I knew it to be true, I'd probably want to stick out this life to the bitter end. It's a pretty neat life, even though it has its ups and downs.

[Frumple]

I'd prefer option C: Go backstage and beat the shit out of whoever's running the joint. If it's a self-perpetuating cycle, find a way to end it. I want either non-existence or unconditional immortality, damnit. Half-way measures of suffering and more suffering followed by the stage becoming incapable of supporting more actors doesn't cut it, even if there are upsides to incarnation. There's darn good reasons why most major reincarnation systems these days have strong messages of "This is how you get out."

Regardless, I'm mostly of the opinion these days that afterlife, reincarnation or otherwise, is irrelevant to ethical action in the here and now. I'd keep walking th'same rate I am, if I had actual evidence there was a round X+1 after this one. It doesn't make a difference in regard to right action.

[Dutchling]

I... never really liked that quote to be honest.
See the first 'misconception'.

[scriver]

Sorry, dutchling. Einstein was a lot smarter than smbc-dude. He also saw more of the world, met more people, had greater life experience, better hair, and slept with more women than smbc-dude. I'm gonna trust Einstein on this one, and assume smbc-dude is just disappointed he didn't end up a talented actor

[Ogdibus]

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[penguinofhonor]

Height correlates with IQ? As a tall person, I support this.

[Ogdibus]

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[Scoops Novel]

I'd also like to know more about the stats. As a relatively tall person, i don't lose out either way. As for the everyone is a genius bit; in some ways, yes, given a loose meaning and the capability to do so.

[Cthulhu]

I can confirm that being tall is super rad.

I'm also going to have go with scriver and assume Einstein knows better than the goblin that does SMBC.  I used to like that comic but I feel like it's starting to drift into xkcd territory, with an inordinate amount of comics using "lol engineers" as a punchline.

[zombie urist]

Slow down when your 'costume' is cool and speed up if its not. 

[Mageziya]

Here's my favourite quote:
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

-Albert Einstein

This little fellow has something to say about that quote.

[Thecard]

Here's my favourite quote:
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
-Albert Einstein

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_fish
See, I feel like anyone can climb a tree.  Sometimes those trees may not seem like much more than bushes to others, but... fuck 'em.
Ya' just gotta try, and you seriously can accomplish anything.

Well, men still can't get pregnant, but you get the idea.  Anything in the realm of physical possibility.



Sonofabitch, Mage.  Ninja'd.

[Bauglir]

Do possible alternate costumes include other species? If so, then if I'm a member of a species capable of contemplating the question, I would prefer to remain in that costume for as long as possible, since realistically speaking my odds of being reincarnated as another member of such a species are infinitesimal. Otherwise, I'd have to weight it against average living conditions - for instance, right now, as an American white male with a solid income and comfortable lifestyle, shit, I'm gonna keep my winning genetic lottery ticket.

[Scoops Novel]

My thoughts exactly greatorder.