BurnOneDown
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Not so much as an eternal self, but more as an agent of free will. Something that transcends biological programming.
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Creativity
Choice (debatable)
Humor
Suicide
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A quote from Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut.. I'm writing a paper about the theme of humans as machines...
"Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne."
I always interpreted this quote as a metaphorical testament to agnosticism. In the same way that the yeast are unaware of the higher intelligence and greater purpose that surrounds them, humans could also be completely oblivious to a greater power.
But now, after reading if for my lit class, it seems more appropriate that it is actually an anecdote that supports the theme of humans as machinery. I say more appropriate because I dont think Vonnegut ever expressed any agnostic sentiment.
"Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne."
I always interpreted this quote as a metaphorical testament to agnosticism. In the same way that the yeast are unaware of the higher intelligence and greater purpose that surrounds them, humans could also be completely oblivious to a greater power.
But now, after reading if for my lit class, it seems more appropriate that it is actually an anecdote that supports the theme of humans as machinery. I say more appropriate because I dont think Vonnegut ever expressed any agnostic sentiment.