God's debris

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1. lancekeyMay 2025
   Scott Adams has an imaginative novella on this called God’s Debris[0]. I read it years ago (when it was free).

   I remember enjoying it and liking the takeaway if not the full premise - “we are the universe trying to understand itself”.

   [0] - https://web.archive.org/web/20130121195252/http://www.andrew...

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2. sota_popMay 2025
   Always was a fan of Dilbert, but I especially enjoyed a short story he wrote called God’s Debris when I discovered it as a young undergrad. Sad news indeed.
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3. r_hanzOct 2024
   - The works of Richard Feynman: All are very nice reads. - The Idea Factory (Jon Gertner): The only book I’ve read more than once and gifted to several friends and acquaintances. - The Silmarillion: Incredible World-Building - The Master and His Emissary (Mcgilchrist) Dense, but rewarding. Considerably changed the way I think. - God’s Debris (Scott Adams, yes, THAT Scott Adams) Read it in undergrad and not sure if it was a JIT kind of thing, but it impacted me.
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4. TSP00N3Jul 2024
   You may enjoy the short story “God’s Debris” by Scott Adams (who did the Dilbert cartoons). Free pdf below, although I went the Audible route.

   Free pdf: http://www.nowscape.com/godsdebris.pdf

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5. surprisetalkNov 2023
   Andy Weir's The Egg is another excellent short story:

   [1] http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html

   If you're looking for more short stories, I highly recommend the following:

   • Ted Chiang's Exhalation

   • Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life and Others

   • Ken Liu's Paper Menagerie

   • Borges's Ficciones

   • Smullyan's What is the Name of This Book?

   • Smullyan's Lady or the Tiger?

   • Douglas Adams's God's Debris

   Remember to support local booksellers when possible :)

   [2] https://bookshop.org

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6. __RahulOct 2010
   "God's Debris" by Scott Adams. Yes the Dilbert guy. It's available for free download http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_Debris.
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