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Pluto, v. 1, issue 4, September 1940
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PLUTO 25 DPUPCPI---"Free Will". (continued from page—4) In sub-atomic terms when we speak of structure and construction. Now we have established the point that any individual of definite construction will react to any given situation in one way, and that he could not have reacted in a different way unless his construction had been, in some way different...had it been identical, then by definition he should have acted in the same way again. It only remains to point that experience is a constant succession of "given situations"— and we have proven our case. A firm grasp of this concept and the reasoning on which it is based detracts nothing from the enjoyment of life, & most usefully eliminates a vast amount of repining over past mistakes and such. Every one will admit that a movie is "predetermined" when shown at the neighborhood theatre, but people enjoy the movie anyhow, even if the plot has been worked out in advance, because they don't know the plot. Similarly I enjoy life, though I believe the activities of life, and adventures-- all worked out beforehand. ANSWERS TO SCIENCE QUIZ. 1. False. In a state of unstable equilibrium. 2. False. Ventricals, not spiracles. 3. True. 4. False. Atop Palomar mountain in California. 5. False. Upon airplanes. 6. True. 7. False. Persistence of vision 8. True. 9. False. An ailment caused by inhaling rock-dust. 10. True. 11. False. A differential. 12. True. 13. False, A throwback. 14. True. 15. True. 16. True. 17. True. [handwritten annotation "You're balmy. Did it ever occur to you that the sun is also a part of the solar system?"] 18. False. 39.3707 inches. 19. True, 20. False. If you didn't notice it, you will now know that ten names are listed. All but Edison are considered the fathers of the spectroscope. This one fool you? [Annotation "Nah"] OVERFLOW Guess that the next convention, will through precedent be named the DENCON; since the first was NYCON, then CHICON--which sets up a sort of screwy line of thought. How do these sound ? Hagerstown, MD-- HAGCON. Peoria, Ill—PECAN; then when it swings around to the year 2000, & Decker, Ind., gets the convention, we will have DECON. I think it was 4E, who already had some fun suggesting one called YUKON. This sort of thing seems to be endless, AMAZING STORIES, Ziff Davis, & RAP have caught nine kinds of hell on their policies in publishing these past few years. It strikes us being an oddity, that some of the fans who have raised the most stink on the subject, were among the most eager to obtain the priceless originals, which the above mentioned were so gracious to furnish gratis, for the auction at the recent CHICON. SULLY ROBERDS has a street named for him in far off AUSTRALIA ????
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PLUTO 25 DPUPCPI---"Free Will". (continued from page—4) In sub-atomic terms when we speak of structure and construction. Now we have established the point that any individual of definite construction will react to any given situation in one way, and that he could not have reacted in a different way unless his construction had been, in some way different...had it been identical, then by definition he should have acted in the same way again. It only remains to point that experience is a constant succession of "given situations"— and we have proven our case. A firm grasp of this concept and the reasoning on which it is based detracts nothing from the enjoyment of life, & most usefully eliminates a vast amount of repining over past mistakes and such. Every one will admit that a movie is "predetermined" when shown at the neighborhood theatre, but people enjoy the movie anyhow, even if the plot has been worked out in advance, because they don't know the plot. Similarly I enjoy life, though I believe the activities of life, and adventures-- all worked out beforehand. ANSWERS TO SCIENCE QUIZ. 1. False. In a state of unstable equilibrium. 2. False. Ventricals, not spiracles. 3. True. 4. False. Atop Palomar mountain in California. 5. False. Upon airplanes. 6. True. 7. False. Persistence of vision 8. True. 9. False. An ailment caused by inhaling rock-dust. 10. True. 11. False. A differential. 12. True. 13. False, A throwback. 14. True. 15. True. 16. True. 17. True. [handwritten annotation "You're balmy. Did it ever occur to you that the sun is also a part of the solar system?"] 18. False. 39.3707 inches. 19. True, 20. False. If you didn't notice it, you will now know that ten names are listed. All but Edison are considered the fathers of the spectroscope. This one fool you? [Annotation "Nah"] OVERFLOW Guess that the next convention, will through precedent be named the DENCON; since the first was NYCON, then CHICON--which sets up a sort of screwy line of thought. How do these sound ? Hagerstown, MD-- HAGCON. Peoria, Ill—PECAN; then when it swings around to the year 2000, & Decker, Ind., gets the convention, we will have DECON. I think it was 4E, who already had some fun suggesting one called YUKON. This sort of thing seems to be endless, AMAZING STORIES, Ziff Davis, & RAP have caught nine kinds of hell on their policies in publishing these past few years. It strikes us being an oddity, that some of the fans who have raised the most stink on the subject, were among the most eager to obtain the priceless originals, which the above mentioned were so gracious to furnish gratis, for the auction at the recent CHICON. SULLY ROBERDS has a street named for him in far off AUSTRALIA ????
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