HAPPY FLYING LASAGNA DAY!!
Noting the passing of the great Robert Anton Wilson...
On January
6, 2007, Wilson wrote on his blog that according to several medical
authorities, he would likely only have between two days and two months
left to live. He closed this message with "I look forward without
dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply
implore you to keep the lasagna flying. Please pardon my levity, I don't
see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd." He died peacefully
five days later, on January 11 at 4:50 a.m. Pacific time.
"Keep
the lasagna flying" was an exhortation to practice rigorous
intellectual agnositicism and non-aristotelean logic as often as
possible. Opining that "belief is the death of intelligence", Wilson
advised maintaining a flexible and fluid mentality as free as possible
from dogmatic constraint. An adept of this sort of thinking should be
able to argue seriously that "lasagna could fly."
In honour of
this day, I am preparing a lasagna in the crockpot, which later this
evening I shall be launching down the street with a makeshift sling.
I miss you Bob. The world needs your wisdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aristotelian_logic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5r_zox-a8
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