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Comment author: Grognor 01 January 2012 01:33:05AM * 9 points [-]

A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."

Comment author: peter_hurford 01 January 2012 11:28:16PM * 15 points [-]

More accurate:

A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!"

The universe says nothing.

Comment author: SilasBarta 02 January 2012 04:45:17PM 6 points [-]

Right, because Eliezer Yudkowsky wasn't addressing it.

Comment author: Dorikka 03 January 2012 04:02:07AM 7 points [-]

groan

Comment author: Bugmaster 04 January 2012 01:14:25AM 0 points [-]

There's no Universe; there's only a set of things which Eliezer Yudkowsky allows to exist !

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 04 January 2012 03:40:18AM 4 points [-]

Note from a "sympathetic outsider": I know you are joking, but the sorts of things like this subthread sometimes come across more creepy than funny.

Comment author: dbaupp 04 January 2012 05:02:26AM 2 points [-]

There's a whole page of them too!

Comment author: Bugmaster 04 January 2012 03:46:33AM -1 points [-]

I was making an allusion...