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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Thursday, May 01, 2003 ::
Is Richie Alive? Through an interesting bit of reverse logic yesterday, Richie deduced that if he is alive then poetry must not be dead, leaving the question, by Richie's logic, of the viability of poetry contingent on whether it can be proven that Richie, himself, is alive. This is, essentially, a question that is weighing on the minds of many scientists, particularly astrobiologists--"How do we know if something is alive?" It's a tough thing to establish, since many of the possible guidelines apply to many things we don't consider "alive," while some do not apply to things that we do consider to be alive. For instance, Richie, arguably, meets about 80 percent of the requirement, certainly a majority, but not necessarily conclusive (and, in fact, arguably less than poetry, an English teacher would tell you).