First Contact (2010)
“Specifically, it suppressed the expression of the genes that coded for characteristics such as ambition and ego, which incline a human being to believe life has a greater purpose, and that this purpose somehow involves him.
None of the guests at the dinner knew this, of course. They just knew it was particularly good cake, so good as to border on addictive. For Ralph, the cake evoked pleasant memories of college brownies, and he wondered whether this cake had been prepared in a similar fash...ion. This would have been fine with him.
“This is particularly good cake,” the President said, his mouth half full.
“I am glad you like it,” the Ambassador said. “Please enjoy.”
What followed is known in certain countercultural movements as a moment—or moments—of lucidity.
FOR EXAMPLE, DAVID PRINCE realized his life had gone astray. He had been seduced from academia into politics by the allure of power and the grand hope of effecting social change.MoreLess
None of the guests at the dinner knew this, of course. They just knew it was particularly good cake, so good as to border on addictive. For Ralph, the cake evoked pleasant memories of college brownies, and he wondered whether this cake had been prepared in a similar fash...ion. This would have been fine with him.
“This is particularly good cake,” the President said, his mouth half full.
“I am glad you like it,” the Ambassador said. “Please enjoy.”
What followed is known in certain countercultural movements as a moment—or moments—of lucidity.
FOR EXAMPLE, DAVID PRINCE realized his life had gone astray. He had been seduced from academia into politics by the allure of power and the grand hope of effecting social change.MoreLess
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