About twice a year I have a craving to ride Pirates of the Caribbean. This is one of those times.
Actually, I have about 10 places I'd rather be right now, mostly places in Oxford. A few hours in the Alps wouldn't hurt, either.
I wonder what would happen if we all had transporter beams that would take us instantly to any place we wanted to be. Would we all be crazy, homeless and confused? What are the psychological benefits of things like gravity and time and distance? Why do we have to spend so much time and effort getting places? Given a bright shiny new transporter beam, would I be so excited checking out new places that I would forget to be home? What would it be like to form relationships with people with the understanding that anyone could be gone anywhere at any second?
These are the things I think about instead of doing my work . . .
2 comments:
It's funny because as crazy as your idea is about a transporter beam, this past week I was thinking randomly about reality. Like I was literally driving in my car and thought to myself, "What if everything didn't stay in place as it does? Things such as trees, buildings, and sidewalks. What if everything floated around or changed constantly into other different things?". I mean wouldn't that be crazy if we moved around in a world that wasn't so "set". Like I said, you're not the only one... I believe we can blame these wild, kind of ambitious thoughts on school. ; )
That's so funny that you crave the Pirates of the Caribbean. I do too. There have been a few times over the years when I smelt a room or place that had the same damp smell that ride has and I always think at those times that there is no place on earth I'd rather be right at that moment than on the Pirates of the Caribbean. Wow! That was a long run on.
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