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Line 1: {{work}} {{quote\|''Every generation of humans believed it had all the answers it needed, except for a few mysteries they assumed would be solved at any moment. And they all believed their ancestors were simplistic and deluded. What are the odds that you are the first generation of humans who will understand reality?''\|The Avatar ([[Avatar: The Last Airbender ~~(Animation)~~\|no, not that one]]) ([[Ultima\|that one either]]) ([[Oban Star Racers\|or that one]]) ([[Avatar (~~Film~~film)\|nor that one]]) ([[Warhammer 40 K,000\|And neither this one]])}} Scott Adams, creator of ''[[Dilbert]]'', presents a "thought experiment". A delivery man brings a package to a crazy old guy. They talk. Then the delivery man becomes an identical crazy old guy. Your mission, according to the introduction, is to find the flaw(s) in the crazy guy's arguments. It's also [https://web.archive.org/web/20130121195252/http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/godsdebris/ available for free online.] Has a sequel, ''[[The Religion War]]'', which switches things up by having an actual plot. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== '''Contains examples of:''' ===~~ * [[Author Filibuster]]: The entire book consists of two men talking. * [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: Practically the entire narrative. * [[Distant Finale]]: The epilogue takes place after the sequel, [[The Religion War]]. * [[Dumb Is Good]] Played straight and subverted. {{quote\| "I noticed your level is highest. That's obviously the good one. You have to feel glad you're not on one of the other levels." ~~<br />~~ "No. Happiness comes more easily at the other levels. Awareness has its price. An Avatar can find happiness only in serving." }} * [[Have You Seen My God?]]: The ultimate test of God's omnipotence and omniscience is {{spoiler\|to kill himself and create a world where he doesn't exist. The big bang was god's death, and all particles in the universe and the laws of probability are [[Title Drop\|God's debris]].}} The formal name for such a theory is [[~~Useful Notes/Pandeism\|~~Pandeism]]. * [[Healing Factor]]: Gravity is {{spoiler\|God regenerating}}. * [[He Who Fights Monsters]] The explanation the old man gives for why skeptics are exactly as dogmatic as everyone else. Line 32 ⟶ 31: * [[Spiritual Successor]]: The Avatar's philosophy resembles [[Mind Screw\|a theory presented]] in the final chapters of ''[[Dilbert\|The Dilbert Future]]'' and its [[Updated Rerelease]]. Oddly, there the philosophy is presented as a [[Take That]] to the misapplication of [[Occam's Razor]], possibly. * [[Subliminal Advertising]]: The book supposedly contains hypnotic messages. ** The arguments THEMSELVES use the principles of hypnosis to make them seem reasonable. It's the source of half of the [[Mind Screw]]. * [[Title Drop]]: See the [[Have You Seen My God?]] reference. * [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] : God blows itself up because it has already figured out everything it can figure without ending its own existence. Line 38 ⟶ 37: {{reflist}} [[Category:Philosophical Novel]] [[Category:Gods Debris]]▼ [[Category:Literature]] ▲[[Category:~~Gods Debris~~{{PAGENAME}}]]