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Thu 24 Mar 2011

The Certainty Uncertainty Principle

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Random quote of the day:

 

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”

—Albert Einstein, “Geometry and Experience,” address to the Prussian Academy of Science January 27, 1921

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tue 15 Mar 2011

Getting away with it

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Random quote of the day:

 

“Reality is what you can get away with.”

—Robert Anton Wilson

 

 

 

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Wed 2 Feb 2011

Eye of the Beholder, Part II

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Random quote of the day:

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

—Philip K. Dick, “How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”

You can read the full essay here.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 31 Jan 2011

Certainty

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Random quote of the day:

“Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling? Are you absolutely certain that you go up when you ascend a staircase? Can you be definite that it is impossible to eat your cake and have it?”

—M. C. Escher, “On Being A Graphic Artist,” introduction to 29 Master Prints

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 2 Sep 2010

I reject your reality

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Random quote of the day:

“Reality is that property which we assign to a mathematical object which we are a part of.”

—Stanislaw Lem, Summa Technologiae

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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