It seems that Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory (BBT) foretold the covid lock down and the ultimate way of surviving:
Sheldon did this, after a few physical mishaps, in order to prolong his life. Maybe we should all have mobile virtual presence devices and stay in bed, like Sheldon? With this political lock down, we are doing the about the same, except it does not work. The Lord has made us body/soul to live in His creation and yes death is there. This BBT episode is a reductio ad absurdum argument* for us. This very funny clip shows us the fallacy inherent in the lock down. By artificially prolonging our lives by sequestering ourselves, we’re actually not living as the Lord intended. We are actually committing a slow individual and societal suicide. Death may be near, and the risen Lord is nearer still.
*Reductio ad absurdum, (Latin: “reduction to absurdity”), in logic, a form of refutation showing contradictory or absurd consequences following upon premises as a matter of logical necessity and so showing the theory/practice is a fallacy, e.g. artificial prolongation of life or even a lock down, a ‘quarantine’ of well people.
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