(March 31, 2014 at 3:44 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(March 31, 2014 at 1:05 pm)sven Wrote: I'm thinking about the novel 'Solaris' by Stanislaw Lem.
The classic quote goes something like this:
'We don't want other worlds. We want mirrors.'
I never heard of Stanislaw Lem until a few weeks ago when I read a few selections of his in "The Mind's I" by Dan Dennett and Douglas Hofstadter. I posted it here (it's called Non-Servium): http://atheistforums.org/thread-24842.html
It's probably one of the most beautiful passages I've read with respects to philosophy and science.
Yes. Lem is a great writer. Solaris is one of my favourite books.
It's been an interesting thread but I think I'm done for now. Peace!