Word: originalism
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...answers suggest, Simon does not profess to be a great dramatic theorist; he offers no analysis of the origin of comedy, including his own. He defines his talent as a gift that comes "from deep within me," eschewing any deeper analysis of his motivation. If not laden with intellectual insights, his statements frequently posses a quiet eloquence. When someone suggests that his plays convey no messages but are simply laugh riots, he replies that light-heartedness can express a deeper meaning. Many of his comedies focus on people paralyzed by a sense of inadequacy...
Last weekend at Carpenter Center the devil spit the universe out of his mouth and laughed. A sign of recognition went up from the audience: Ah, another origin-of-the-universe cartoon." It was an Italian movie, FantaBiblical, good news for post-Sputnik man, the fallen Catholic's Chariot of the Gods, the ten commandments as the fallout of a mid-space collision. Nothing is sacred; everything is permitted...
...import for all of physics: it not only laid down the basic principle of the laser some 40 years before the first such device was made but, more broadly, also advanced quantum theory. In addition, Einstein contributed significantly to the rebirth of cosmology, the study of the origin, history and shape of the universe. The Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter and later the Russian scientist Alexander Friedmann had concluded that Einstein's equations pointed to an unstable universe ?possibly an expanding one. Because such a changing, dynamic universe was totally at odds with the popular picture of the heavens...
...infamous Section 18 crowd at the old Watson Rink? Well, on the road, Harvard goalies found the dead chickens, smelly fish, and empty beer cans being hurled in their direction. Goalies also can't blot out terms of endearment like "sieve," "red light," "funnel," nor comments on their ethnic origin and parent's sex habits...
...should exist. Each man's chances of being, says Lem's Professor Kouska, is a "teragigamegamulticentillion-to-one shot." In physics, one chance in a centillion is considered an impossibility because there are fewer than a centillion seconds before the end of the universe. The origin of this fact is unclear. But who's counting...