The following piece of shit was recorded on a kolkata local train. The protagonists involved are Lil' Johnny and Fadar Johnny.
Lil' J: Dad! Dad! See! Cows! They are eating grass!
Fadar J: Yes kid, they love to eat grass.
Lil' J: Do you love eating grass too?
Fadar J: No, we humans have a lot more tastier things to eat :)
Lil' J: Okay. But don't you think we can be more independent and free if we could eat grass? I wouldn't have to study. And, and .. uh you wouldn't need to go to office! :)
Now that is a very intelligent question. Fadar J feels proud that his kid is so bright.
Fadar J: Well, you can say so. But there aren't much vitamins and proteins in grass. So you wouldn't have been so bright, had you been eating grass all your life. You'd be good enough just to produce milk. Would you have liked that?
Lil' J: No. But why do I need to be bright? Its always about doing good in studies, and ultimately about earning money! What if I don't need all that. I can eat grass and be happy! I can run around in the meadows, and play all day under the sun.
Fadar J gets the feeling that this might spiral out of control. He still maintains his calm. He gets philosophical.
Fadar J: Well kid. Its not always about the money, you see. You have to enjoy doing what you are doing. You can play all day now, but it would get boring if you had to do that all your life.
Lil' J: Yes you are right, dad. umm.. so I guess I wouldn't play that much when I get older... But what else would I do then?
Fadar J: You'd probably have to take care of people around you, and act more responsibly.
Lil' J: Okay, I am a good guy, so assume all that's done :) Anything else?
Fadar J: Kid! That alone would take most of the time of your life. Assuming that you'd grow up strong and able :) , you'd have to do something to feed the people and other such organisms who'd depend upon you.
Lil' J: Hmmm...
Lil' J: Dad, I think life is very boring. What should I do when I grow up?
Fadar J: Don't think about it so much kid. You'd get to know when you grow up.
Lil' J: Bad answer. What can change, and so drastic when I grow up? Why does everyone give the same answer, dad? I don't think I'd change even a bit when I grow up. So this question would come back to me anyway. So I want to have an answer now. Do you see what I mean dad?
Fadar J: Hmmm...
Fadar J: Okay kid. Let me tell you then. These very questions bugged me too. They bug me even now. Just that I've stopped thinking. Because I've understood that you can never have an answer.
Lil' J: I love you dad! :) But why can't we have an answer?
Fadar J: Accept the truth kid, every question doesn't have an answer.
Lil' J: I don't believe that dad! There must always be something you can say to any question that is being asked to you! Otherwise how can you differentiate between artificial intelligence and human intelligence?
Fadar J: Wow! Wow! Hold it! Hold it there kid! This can get serious. I have done a PhD in AI. You really want it kid? C'on then! Pack your punch!
Lil' J: I love you so much dad! :) Let's play a game. You keep asking me "Why?". And I would keep answering those questions. I would answer them all! Thats my challenge! :)
Fadar J: Okay. But your answers must always be verifiable by proven scientific laws/axioms/theorems. And you can never consciously allow the session to go into a loop.
Lil' J: I have one objection, at the very outset. Why do you want the answers to be verifiable scientifically? I understand that we humans have discovered those laws to make our thinking easier and standardized. But the truth could actually be much beyond all that, can't it be? Umm.. okay I accept your rule for now. We'd bring up this debate again if we actually face a situation.
Fadar J: Lets get going then?!
Lil' J: Okay. I start first.
The discussion by now had managed to attract some curious, yet laid back, onlookers. They are equally bored in life, and more so because they are on a train. But they too have probably stopped asking all these questions, and accepted their 'fate' or whatever that means. But these people are still excited to know the outcome, with the minimum effort possible.
Lil' J: (saying it loud so that the people around can hear) So should I start with an easy topic, so that we can have a longer session? Or should I start with the toughest metaphysical problem I've ever heard? So then we'd get to the truth much faster!
Lil' J is acting smart. He doesn't even have an idea about what metaphysics is all about :)
Fadar J: Anything kid!
Lil J: Okay. Say we have Mr. X, he works hard.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: He has to feed his wife, kid and a dog.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because he was a fool! He thought he was going to have a great life with a beautiful woman by his side. But he ends up in this deep soup, where he has to work hard like a donkey. He has got a kid who is donkey too, who keeps asking questions :) The only good thing in his life is the dog! That woman is a good human being and a good mother, but she keeps wasting his time and money on nothing constructive.
Fadar J: Hmmm. Why?
Lil 'J: Because she too is aimless in life.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because she never asks questions. She thinks she's too grown up to ask such questions. How foolish! She should help him find an aim in life, other than just making babies and taking care of them.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because thats why I suppose they got married. Because they thought they could complement each other, ask questions and get solutions to all problems of life. And .. and then do something great! Something that would change the way the world thinks. No ... that was probably too much to expect. But, they soon got bored of each other. But at least they dreamed about getting a really intelligent kid, who'd ask a lot of questions, and make their life interesting again!
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because they had good genes themselves. So they expected the crossover to yield good results. Unfortunately that didn't happen :)
Fadar J: Why? :) .... Watch out kid! You are entering hostile space. There are lots of scud missiles lying around idle!
Lil' J: Because something wierd happened with the molecules. A didn't bind with T but G instead. So C didn't find anyone to bind with. The biology books had to be re-written. They had earlier claimed that A binds with T, G with C always! And Mr. X had assumed it to be true. How foolish. He should have found it out himself rather than relying on those mad scientists. So the crossover gene was basically equivalent to a mutant gene ... But the kid was very happy that he was a mutant.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because he could think 'thoda hatke' :) Isn't that exciting!?
Fadar J: I love you kid for the way you are. But I got to say that this is getting really boring! :)
Lil' J: Thats why I love you so much dad! Because you too get bored like me, and then we can play such awesome games like this! :)
Fadar J: :)
Fadar J: Yes kid, they love to eat grass.
Lil' J: Do you love eating grass too?
Fadar J: No, we humans have a lot more tastier things to eat :)
Lil' J: Okay. But don't you think we can be more independent and free if we could eat grass? I wouldn't have to study. And, and .. uh you wouldn't need to go to office! :)
Now that is a very intelligent question. Fadar J feels proud that his kid is so bright.
Fadar J: Well, you can say so. But there aren't much vitamins and proteins in grass. So you wouldn't have been so bright, had you been eating grass all your life. You'd be good enough just to produce milk. Would you have liked that?
Lil' J: No. But why do I need to be bright? Its always about doing good in studies, and ultimately about earning money! What if I don't need all that. I can eat grass and be happy! I can run around in the meadows, and play all day under the sun.
Fadar J gets the feeling that this might spiral out of control. He still maintains his calm. He gets philosophical.
Fadar J: Well kid. Its not always about the money, you see. You have to enjoy doing what you are doing. You can play all day now, but it would get boring if you had to do that all your life.
Lil' J: Yes you are right, dad. umm.. so I guess I wouldn't play that much when I get older... But what else would I do then?
Fadar J: You'd probably have to take care of people around you, and act more responsibly.
Lil' J: Okay, I am a good guy, so assume all that's done :) Anything else?
Fadar J: Kid! That alone would take most of the time of your life. Assuming that you'd grow up strong and able :) , you'd have to do something to feed the people and other such organisms who'd depend upon you.
Lil' J: Hmmm...
Lil' J: Dad, I think life is very boring. What should I do when I grow up?
Fadar J: Don't think about it so much kid. You'd get to know when you grow up.
Lil' J: Bad answer. What can change, and so drastic when I grow up? Why does everyone give the same answer, dad? I don't think I'd change even a bit when I grow up. So this question would come back to me anyway. So I want to have an answer now. Do you see what I mean dad?
Fadar J: Hmmm...
Fadar J: Okay kid. Let me tell you then. These very questions bugged me too. They bug me even now. Just that I've stopped thinking. Because I've understood that you can never have an answer.
Lil' J: I love you dad! :) But why can't we have an answer?
Fadar J: Accept the truth kid, every question doesn't have an answer.
Lil' J: I don't believe that dad! There must always be something you can say to any question that is being asked to you! Otherwise how can you differentiate between artificial intelligence and human intelligence?
Fadar J: Wow! Wow! Hold it! Hold it there kid! This can get serious. I have done a PhD in AI. You really want it kid? C'on then! Pack your punch!
Lil' J: I love you so much dad! :) Let's play a game. You keep asking me "Why?". And I would keep answering those questions. I would answer them all! Thats my challenge! :)
Fadar J: Okay. But your answers must always be verifiable by proven scientific laws/axioms/theorems. And you can never consciously allow the session to go into a loop.
Lil' J: I have one objection, at the very outset. Why do you want the answers to be verifiable scientifically? I understand that we humans have discovered those laws to make our thinking easier and standardized. But the truth could actually be much beyond all that, can't it be? Umm.. okay I accept your rule for now. We'd bring up this debate again if we actually face a situation.
Fadar J: Lets get going then?!
Lil' J: Okay. I start first.
The discussion by now had managed to attract some curious, yet laid back, onlookers. They are equally bored in life, and more so because they are on a train. But they too have probably stopped asking all these questions, and accepted their 'fate' or whatever that means. But these people are still excited to know the outcome, with the minimum effort possible.
Lil' J: (saying it loud so that the people around can hear) So should I start with an easy topic, so that we can have a longer session? Or should I start with the toughest metaphysical problem I've ever heard? So then we'd get to the truth much faster!
Lil' J is acting smart. He doesn't even have an idea about what metaphysics is all about :)
Fadar J: Anything kid!
Lil J: Okay. Say we have Mr. X, he works hard.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: He has to feed his wife, kid and a dog.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because he was a fool! He thought he was going to have a great life with a beautiful woman by his side. But he ends up in this deep soup, where he has to work hard like a donkey. He has got a kid who is donkey too, who keeps asking questions :) The only good thing in his life is the dog! That woman is a good human being and a good mother, but she keeps wasting his time and money on nothing constructive.
Fadar J: Hmmm. Why?
Lil 'J: Because she too is aimless in life.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because she never asks questions. She thinks she's too grown up to ask such questions. How foolish! She should help him find an aim in life, other than just making babies and taking care of them.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because thats why I suppose they got married. Because they thought they could complement each other, ask questions and get solutions to all problems of life. And .. and then do something great! Something that would change the way the world thinks. No ... that was probably too much to expect. But, they soon got bored of each other. But at least they dreamed about getting a really intelligent kid, who'd ask a lot of questions, and make their life interesting again!
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because they had good genes themselves. So they expected the crossover to yield good results. Unfortunately that didn't happen :)
Fadar J: Why? :) .... Watch out kid! You are entering hostile space. There are lots of scud missiles lying around idle!
Lil' J: Because something wierd happened with the molecules. A didn't bind with T but G instead. So C didn't find anyone to bind with. The biology books had to be re-written. They had earlier claimed that A binds with T, G with C always! And Mr. X had assumed it to be true. How foolish. He should have found it out himself rather than relying on those mad scientists. So the crossover gene was basically equivalent to a mutant gene ... But the kid was very happy that he was a mutant.
Fadar J: Why?
Lil' J: Because he could think 'thoda hatke' :) Isn't that exciting!?
Fadar J: I love you kid for the way you are. But I got to say that this is getting really boring! :)
Lil' J: Thats why I love you so much dad! Because you too get bored like me, and then we can play such awesome games like this! :)
Fadar J: :)
