Nighttime and music

@Eddie: Determinism implies determination – it’s right there in the etymology. Etiology. I love it – two words very similar in spelling, and likewise similar in meaning, both of which are very relevant to the topic at hand. So cause and effect. A chain of consequences beginning with… the unexpected and completely bizarre appearance of everything that exists, in its most primordial form. My way of understanding it is to cast out the old model of determinism entirely in favor of a view I call, Whatthefuckism. This view basically says that life evolves in strange and unexpected ways, much like the origin of the universe itself. In hindsight, sure, you can say, “Ah, one thing led to the next thing, which led to the next thing, which ultimately led to this moment, and me typing this sentence, and therefore there is no such thing as will!” But I would say, “Ah, but what will I do next?” Or maybe I could steal a line from the Hobbit and ask, “What is in my pocket?” There is no ultimate destination that all things were set towards at the moment of the Big Bang, and there is an enormous amount of potential variation that could take place, most of which will not take place, in favor of whatever does take place, and nobody can say what that will be in the future. Because we haven’t got there yet, decisions have not been made to shape that future yet, and people have not acted towards whatever that future is yet. Life has not determined in which direction it will go yet.

Unconsciously initiated, but then consciously filtered and modified, refined into cogent sentences, which are then consciously edited with some limited input by that dastardly, silent subconscious, which acts as mediator between the conscious and unconscious mind. You understand my words, therefore I assume a similar process is at work within you, as well. How bizarre.

@ravanys: Music and philosophy go hand and hand, much like art and science. 🙂

@Eddie: I believe you are a hippopotamus. Not for any particular reason, though.

@duderino: Yes, but first we must locate some crack before we might smoke aforementioned crack. Also, there must be a crack pipe.

I could find heroin pretty easy – all I need to do is knock on the door next to mine. Crack’s a little harder to find, though.

@ravanys: Peyote williamsii; peyote, echinopsis pachanoi; san pedro, trichocereus pachanoi; peruvian torch. All of these are magical cacti, but only the first one looks almost too cute to eat.

@duderino: I imagine so, but one must first travel to the land of Whoville to find a store that sells them. I dunno if they have a website.

After a thorough assessment of the entirety of the legal statutes in the EU zone, I have concluded that one must simply go to www dot cactusplaza dot com to order fine specimens of San Pedro cuttings.