“ People often ask if it was calling. My answer always is yes. ”
Human knowledge is never contained in just one person.
~ Paul Kalanithi
What makes human life meaningful? I still felt literature provided the best account of the life of the mind, while neuroscience laid down the most elegant rules of the brain.
Humans are organisms, subject to physical laws, including alas, the one that says entropy always increases. Diseases are molecules misbehaving; the basic requirement of life is metabolism, and death its cessation.
Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together? she asked. Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?Wouldn't it be great if it did? I said. Lucy and I both felt that life wasn't about avoiding suffering.
