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THOUGHT EXPERIMENT Albert catches the train to Vienna. It is moving at the speed of light. He puts the torch to ON... but it doesn't come....on. He's forgotten to put batteries in. The practical always gets him. Instead, he watches his head decapitated in the dark. floating in the window staring back at him (self). His reflection surreally more real than he.. His mind caught between two worlds. The train dashes out of this tunnelled darkness & suddenly reality is all sunlight & cows trees frantically trying to keep up with the train. He also has a theory about relatives. He takes out his notebook & amidst all the hieroglyph of calculations he makes an important note to self in a scrawl only he can decipher "Don't forget batteries!"
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Jul 8, 2016
Jul 8, 2016 at 7:21 PM UTC
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT Albert catches the train to Vienna. It is moving at the speed of light. He puts the torch to ON... but it doesn't come....on. He's forgotten to put batteries in. The practical always gets him. Instead, he watches his head decapitated in the dark. floating in the window staring back at him (self). His reflection surreally more real than he.. His mind caught between two worlds. The train dashes out of this tunnelled darkness & suddenly reality is all sunlight & cows trees frantically trying to keep up with the train. He also has a theory about relatives. He takes out his notebook & amidst all the hieroglyph of calculations he makes an important note to self in a scrawl only he can decipher "Don't forget batteries!"
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Jul 8, 2016
Jul 8, 2016 at 7:21 PM UTC
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