# Barber Chair Infinity & Inire's Mirrors *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 07 Oct 1998* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Marty Light *07 Oct 1998, 08:41* I never thought of asking Dr. Science about the true nature of Yesod vs. Briah time, or how Father Inire's mirrors work. Could this be a clue -- I mean, maybe this Arthur "Hellenson" [Hellenic Art?] is really another Wolfe-alias-in-Arthur's-clothing. Hmmm. The actual Dr. Science transcript follows: Dear Doctor Science, Is sitting in a barbershop's barber chair between two mirrors a true reflection of the idea of infinity? -- Arthur Hellenson from Edwards AFB, CA Just as the revolving red-and-white-striped barber pole is a corruption of certain Egyptian symbols of infinity, barbershop mirrors face each other to give mere mortals a taste of the infinite. In the old days you could get a taste of the infinite and a quick trim for four bits. Nowadays we don't have barbers; we have hairstylists. A quick trim takes an hour, costs you thirty bucks, and the only thing you see in the mirror is yourself. Hairstylists all have names like Ramon or Pepsi or Bambi, and they have no sense of perspective. I'm afraid that the cheap haircut, like infinity itself, is fast becoming a thing of the past. ------------- Subscription questions - send a blank message to faq at drscience.com. Visit the Ask Dr. Science web site at sponsored by the fine folks at Internet Direct. All Dr. Science material Copyright 1998 Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre. All rights reserved. ---