{"id":742,"date":"2013-08-09T20:58:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T20:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/08\/09\/adestrosasecretaeros-i-refuse-to-prove-that-i\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T20:40:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T20:40:49","slug":"adestrosasecretaeros-i-refuse-to-prove-that-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/09\/adestrosasecretaeros-i-refuse-to-prove-that-i\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

adestrosasecretaeros<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”<\/p>\n

“But,” says Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn\u2019t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don\u2019t. Q.E.D.”<\/p>\n

“Oh dear,” says God, “I hadn\u2019t thought of that,” and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.<\/p>\n

“Oh, that was easy,” says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.<\/p>\n

– The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

adestrosasecretaeros: “I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.” “But,” says Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn\u2019t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don\u2019t. 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