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I am a curious soul. I enjoy reading. I enjoy thinking and trying to be rational. I am sometimes rational, and have congratulated myself on being clever. Even in that, I have doubt. I find others to be equally clever, even usefully so. They have provided insight that allowed me to process experiences, or provided artifacts of curiosity for me to reflect on further. Many a curiosities give me more questions. I wonder, am I thinking right? How can I improve the quality of my thinking? Can I do this without conversation or relationship? Is the process of evolution necessarily through the engagement of others? Who, then, will be my mirror?
I would like a conversation with God. I would accept a conversation with Morgan Freeman or Ed Harris. Well, who would you ask for as a substitute? James Cameron? Alright. I agree. Oprah? Oh, hell yeah. Oliva Newton John? Well, yeah, but based on my previous interaction and loosing the ability to speak, she would likely have to do the bulk of the conversing.
You know, I would have liked spending a couple hours with Koko the Gorilla. You may question my sanity, going from Olivia to Koko- but conversations with Koko would be the closest thing to alien contact I could have imagine. And still, in that interaction, I would be the limited being. I know…
