If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings, said the Tralfamad…

Kurt Vonnegut
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If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings, said the Tralfamadorian, I wouldn’t have any idea what was meant by 'free will.' I've visited thirty-one inhabited planets in the universe, and I have studied reports on one hundred more. Only on Earth is there any talk of free will. ✨ KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
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