Questions Only V: Where's The Beef?
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That's the one I haven't read yet. Can you let me know what you think of it?
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Did you know that it can take me years to read a book?
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Do you read yourself to sleep each night?
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Is it reading myself to sleep if I have to fight to stay awake?
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Have you ever been so engrossed in a book that you stayed up all night reading it?
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Isn't that the only way to read Arthur C Clarke?
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Should I feel badly about my books doing a better job of putting people to sleep than keeping them awake?
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But do you think your books will give people inspiring dreams?
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What do you think Arthur C. Clarke's secret is to writing a riveting book?
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Could he have been visited by a Monolith?
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Are you suggesting Clarke's talent is other-worldly?
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Did you ever hear the saying that any sufficiently excellent writing is indistinguishable from extraterrestrials?
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Of his three laws, which do you find the most intriguing or insightful?
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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While the third is the most insightful, don't you agree that the second is the most intriguing?
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What's an example of how you can apply the second law, or how it's already been applied?