[UA] The End of the World, and so on.

[Nick Wedig]

>This fits well with nonsensical paradoxical notions, such as Xeno's Paradox

One thing that's always bothered me is that Xeno's paradox (the one most commonly presented, anyway, involving an infinity of halfway points) is based on a mathematical mistake (not dividing both sides of an equation by the same amount) and Aristotle pointed this out millenia ago, but people still keep bringing it up.

>William Sidis is a good example from more recent memory, as would be Emily
>Dickinson and Franz Kafka, both of whom left major works behind, published
>after their deaths (in Kafka's case, he asked that they be burned).  There
>are a few--all you need to do is find someone who gained their fame
>posthumously.

Or perhaps authors or musicians who made all their really good music before they were known at all, but then they get a record contract (or published or whatever) and stop making anything worthwhile.  Some of the channels could involve doing amazing things as long as no one watches you.

Mr. teapot
and his hidden potential

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