The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The famous sci-fi movie “The Time Machine” has a similar concept.

In this movie, the main character travels into the future, where he finds a world where all humans have been killed by time travel. He meets a man who has been alone for many years and talks about how difficult it is to live without others. The main character tells him that he should be grateful to have been born in the past because he had loved ones from his past who loved him back.

While this might sound a bit silly, it’s true.

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