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Trope-a-Day: Screw Destiny

Alistair Young

Alistair Young

Sep 15, 2015

Screw Destiny: According to the Church of the Flame, the only proper attitude of sophonts towards the cold, uncaring, pre-doomed by entropy universe they live in. (Also to death and taxes, not necessarily in that order.)

But see also You Can’t Fight Fate, in re time travel and predestination paradoxes.

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