(original comment) I suppose if that postulate were to be verified we wouldn't have a need for a mental escape hatch and therefore bookstores, libraries, and Amazon-dot-com wouldn't have any purpose at all.
Sorry about that...I was trying to edit and *poof* it was gone!
Anyway, said escape hatch is a necessity for higher life forms in much the same way a cat has a need for a branch or a piece of twine as a diversion or a bird will build a nest even with no potential mate for miles. But if you're talking the very basics, food sleep and shelter, namely, then no. There isn't need for a writer any more than there is need for companionship or clothing or fire.
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Date: 2007-11-13 04:51 pm (UTC)I suppose if that postulate were to be verified we wouldn't have a need for a mental escape hatch and therefore bookstores, libraries, and Amazon-dot-com wouldn't have any purpose at all.
Sorry about that...I was trying to edit and *poof* it was gone!
Anyway, said escape hatch is a necessity for higher life forms in much the same way a cat has a need for a branch or a piece of twine as a diversion or a bird will build a nest even with no potential mate for miles. But if you're talking the very basics, food sleep and shelter, namely, then no. There isn't need for a writer any more than there is need for companionship or clothing or fire.