And let thy feet,

[Valentian Elysium]

millenniums hence, be set in midst of knowledge

[Liberdon]

Are you sure you want me to stand on all this knowledge? What if I accidentally squish it?

[Valentian Elysium]

knowledge can't be squished, don't worry 😄

[Liberdon]

What if I stomp really hard on it? Surely that would crush it?

[Valentian Elysium]

knowledge cannot be squished, crushed, destroyed 😄

[Liberdon]

Then how come I managed to do all three to this book?

holds up pile of ashes

[Valentian Elysium]

Knowledge is not a physical thing, it is an idea...and ideas are indestructible

[Liberdon]

Unless you erase the idea…

[Valentian Elysium]

ideas will always be there. they are inerasable

[Liberdon]

Unless you bury an idea in the gutter and leave it there to die

[Valentian Elysium]

it'll still survive, though

[Liberdon]

Perhaps then we need to eject it into space

[Jabberwocky]

To quote the popular philosopher, Stevie Wonder: Feet don't fail me now.

[Aschente]

May 11, 2022 14:40:25 GMT -5 Valentian Elysium said:

it'll still survive, though

ideas only live as long as those holding it do, so if liberdon were to stomp the last book to dust along with the head of it's creator than it would be lost would it not?

[Liberdon]

Oh no, I wouldn’t stomp on the head of its creator. I’d slice that off with a guillotine.

[Valentian Elysium]

May 11, 2022 15:10:15 GMT -5 Liberdon said:

Perhaps then we need to eject it into space

Amogus

May 11, 2022 22:01:14 GMT -5 Aschente said:

May 11, 2022 14:40:25 GMT -5 Valentian Elysium said:

it'll still survive, though

ideas only live as long as those holding it do, so if liberdon were to stomp the last book to dust along with the head of it's creator than it would be lost would it not?

No, because there'd still be others holding on to those ideas. And, inevitably, others in the future who would come up with the same idea 😅

May 11, 2022 22:27:48 GMT -5 Liberdon said:

Oh no, I wouldn’t stomp on the head of its creator. I’d slice that off with a guillotine.

Liberdon secretly Robespierre

[Jabberwocky]

Tell all that to book burners...and banners.

[Liberdon]

Burning a books should be a capital crime.

[Donnee]

What if we only burn bad books?

[Liberdon]

Well, then we’d be censoring one’s access to knowledge.

[Valentian Elysium]

May 18, 2022 4:51:36 GMT -5 Donnee said:

What if we only burn bad books?

the definition of a bad book is very subjective

[Donnee]

Only to those with an undisciplined and unrestrained mind.

[Jabberwocky]

A bad book is one I don't like

[Aersoldorf]

May 13, 2022 15:38:54 GMT -5 Valentian Elysium said:

May 11, 2022 15:10:15 GMT -5 Liberdon said:

Perhaps then we need to eject it into space

Amogus

May 11, 2022 22:01:14 GMT -5 Aschente said:

ideas only live as long as those holding it do, so if liberdon were to stomp the last book to dust along with the head of it's creator than it would be lost would it not?

No, because there'd still be others holding on to those ideas. And, inevitably, others in the future who would come up with the same idea 😅

May 11, 2022 22:27:48 GMT -5 Liberdon said:

Oh no, I wouldn’t stomp on the head of its creator. I’d slice that off with a guillotine.

Liberdon secretly Robespierre

Plenty of knowledge has been lost throughout the ages

[Donnee]

Just think of all the issues of "The Kid Pharaoh Popeye the Sailor" comic book lost in the Library of Alexandria.

[Aersoldorf]

I was specifically thinking about the iron pillar of Delhi that hasn’t rusted in over 1600 years. The manufacturing process has been lost.

[Liberdon]

Common sense also seems to be particularly lacking these days.

[Aersoldorf]

Especially since November of 2020

[Donnee]

*cough, hack*

[Liberdon]

You should really get someone to look at that cough.