My Epitaph

Well, I think it has to be the opening sentence of Sam Harris’ response to the Edge challenge. I quote:

Yup, that fits me like a glove. And while I luxuriate in the feel of that description, may I take this opportunity to direct you not only to Sam Harris’ reply to the challenge, but to other responses that seemed to me to have something pertinent to say about our brief strut on the world’s stage. Daniel Everett, for example, Geoffrey Miller, Simon Baron-Cohen, Clay Shirky, Martin Rees, or Gino Segre. Then there’s the current sniping between those who believe in string theory and those who don’t. Bring on the Large Hadron Collider, I say. Hopefully that will settle some arguments.

 

But, at the last, no matter how pessimistic I may feel, I wouldn’t want to share the optimism of Rudy Rucker. It seems closer to Woo-woo than serious optimism.