Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. (Which just goes to show Nietzsche wasn't a C++ programmer.)

Charles Stross
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When you stare into the void, the void stares also. Many philosophers have believed that humans are nothing more than a thought in the mind of God. Therefore, it is incorrect to think that the world is real or that they are separate from God. However, they are wrong.

The world is real, and there are many things outside of our minds which are even more real than we are. The void is an example of an entity which can be cast into the void and still exist. There has never been a case where someone cast into the void could not be found again.

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