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The Absurd

  • By Liz Greene
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The absurd has a way of crystallizing our
thinking. Satire spurs social change. Extreme coincidences in the fundamental
constants of physics challenge us to reconsider our metaphysics. We got where
we are with the help of the absurd. Without it, life would be strange indeed.   

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