Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think …

Kurt Vonnegut
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Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2007). The Sirens of Titan, p.41, Dial Press
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Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2007). The Sirens of Titan, p.41, Dial Press

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