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My life is creating things that have never been thought of before.

I like to rehearse for an optimistic future, because why not rehearse for the best performance possible?

I am hired to design the optimal, euphoric, ecclesian solution.

I call gouache French for “bitchy medium”.

I still have an optimistic view because I think our future is what we're going to arrive at all together - whatever we all do collectively, meaning the whole planet. I like to rehearse for an optimistic future, because why not rehearse for the best performance possible? Reality might produce setbacks here and there, but if you don't plan for the optimum outcome, you're almost guaranteeing failure.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis (1901)

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