KURT VONNEGUT

Kurt Vonnegut is one of the writers I haven't got the chance to read yet, but have heard of. Strangely enough, not one of his books was on the reading list at the university. Still can't believe it. 

Anyway I  got some of his books on my bookshelf waiting their turn to be read one day.

What made him the theme of this entry is the 1974 interview with him I found on Brainpickings. This interview is very interesting for various reasons. It's about writing,  writers, language and among others about science and time.

This part about time appealed to me the most because to me it seems Kurt Vonnegut was a down-to-earth approachable, and open person.  

I have a very primitive approach to science — I wonder how the universe originated, how could it have originated … how could you make something out of nothing … and sophomoric ideas like that. And so, after having banged around with that — how do you make a universe out of nothing — I have decided, just logically, that it can’t be done and therefore it must always have existed. And so, from that, I get a sense of permanence and, also, an annoyance with the limitations of my head. And I really do think that what we perceive as time is simply a processing device in our heads to let us consider a little of reality at a time — we couldn’t let it all come in at once.

This passage speaks for itself. The rest can be read and heard here.