tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post3212549921358443755..comments2024-03-26T15:35:56.004-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: In Praise of Carl SargentDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-83212033777417609702018-12-23T11:52:00.701-05:002018-12-23T11:52:00.701-05:00I did hear about that sad news. Thanks for the rem...I did hear about that sad news. Thanks for the reminder here. Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-81883143972777024932018-12-21T19:23:59.368-05:002018-12-21T19:23:59.368-05:00Carl Sargent unfortunately passed away 12 Septembe...Carl Sargent unfortunately passed away 12 September.Darayvushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973750966981889517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-82017901544913288952018-04-16T18:51:36.276-04:002018-04-16T18:51:36.276-04:00That's a great find!That's a great find!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-91455185129497042832018-04-16T08:39:31.342-04:002018-04-16T08:39:31.342-04:00I couldn't wrap my head around this "skyh...I couldn't wrap my head around this "skyhook" thing but this quote below gives the gnome world view a much cooler take on their religion, that Machines ARE their gods:<br /><br />"The big question is how we got here. Was our existence foreordained, drawn up as by a skyhook from the dreary world of matter into the realm of angels? Or are we the unforeseen accumulation of blind, chance mutations selected by interaction with the environment, matter lifting itself into ever greater domains of complexity, eventually into consciousness, as if by those cranes used by builders of skyscrapers that ratchet upward as the buildings rise?"<br /><br />I think we can hear that old Gnome saying as "a good Gnome needs naught but [his gods]" and Gnome gods happen to be ... machines ... like cranes for example ... which Carl is naming a Skyhook??? I think Carl was having a hell of a time playing with words here I'm still spinning!!!<br /><br />http://www.sciencemusings.com/2007/10/skyhooks-and-cranes.htmlRandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07051785965103327520noreply@blogger.com