· The Oedipal conflict between civilization and the "father universe": The "god" we rebel against may be just another desperate prisoner.
· Knowledge is original sin: The most profound thinking may be the most poisonous increase in entropy. This is the ultimate torture on the frontier of human rationality.
· Looking for "loopholes" in recursion: In a deterministic system, can these "inefficient packets" of love, irrational art, and purposeless sacrifice become recursive bombs that destroy the system?
