A personal journalNothing is settled.
A working hypothesis

What if we’rethe footnote?

Philosophy, thought experiments, and other ways
of making a perfectly normal day weird.

Enter the rabbit hole
Object of contemplation001
An impossible-looking loop sculpted from rough, dark stone.
Some thoughts refuse to be straight.(fig. 01)

Collected thoughts

005
Information / Insufficient funds

Inflation in information

I brought a wheelbarrow of facts to buy one sensible decision. The cashier asked whether I had anything relevant.

004
Consciousness / Proof of occupancy

Why are you human?

A form asks me to justify my species. Apparently “my parents” is not the kind of answer it wants.

003
Biology / The problem of being one

My cells are not allowed to follow their dreams

I support personal freedom right up until one of my cells starts taking it seriously.

002
Particle physics / Identity

Please remain separate from the equipment

An undiscovered particle keeps your headache yours. Switching it off creates a problem with the laboratory’s headcount.

001
Purpose / Dairy

What if God is waiting for us to become cheese?

Suppose we finally discover why we exist, and the answer is “a slightly nutty finish.”

The person
behind the parentheses

Aslak Tjølsen.
A biologist with a few
unreasonable questions.

A little context