tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post7399388441656985014..comments2024-03-25T20:48:20.863-05:00Comments on Uncanny Valley: Family in FictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-5414830235478908442011-03-05T13:28:27.775-06:002011-03-05T13:28:27.775-06:00Thanks very much.Thanks very much.Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-70459989999548792452011-03-05T13:18:32.804-06:002011-03-05T13:18:32.804-06:00I don't think that's guaranteed. I wish it...I don't think that's guaranteed. I wish it were otherwise, but suffering is the only thing I can come up with that makes us the same, universally. <br /><br />But the good thing is that suffering gives rise to compassion and love, all those elements of our experience that we yearn for and towards. <br /><br />I like the essays you post here.Brad Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303095673203409777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-8290726444239036972011-03-05T13:15:07.777-06:002011-03-05T13:15:07.777-06:00Well, I would hope that pleasure is also a common ...Well, I would hope that pleasure is also a common element -- even in truly abject lives, I imagine there are at least fleeting moments of good sensation.Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-85213259606218309932011-03-05T12:54:03.429-06:002011-03-05T12:54:03.429-06:00The only really common element in the human experi...The only really common element in the human experience is suffering. That's our primary medium of interaction and connection with each other.Brad Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303095673203409777noreply@blogger.com