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| Subject | Re: The Multiverse Of Perception |
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| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
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| From | Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> |
| Date | 2015-09-06 21:12 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <ef-dnbuwwZDvb3HInZ2dnUU7-c2dnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink) |
On 9/6/15 8:30 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Now, now jimp--are you always so nasty, angry and mean spirited? > > Only to shit headed, cut and paste, off topic ass holes like you, and > insane, babbling kooks, you shit headed, cut and paste, off topic spammer. > Now, now jimp--Such out of control anger! Whoo! See: Rancho Cucamonga Anger Management Classes > http://www.yellowpages.com/rancho-cucamonga-ca/anger-management-classes The Multiverse Of Perception > http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/09/06/438031629/the-multiverse-of-perception > Today, we at 13.7 are honored to host as a guest blogger Nobel > Laureate Frank Wilczek, one of the world's leading theoretical > physicists. Wilczek won the Nobel Prize for his contributions to our > understanding of how quarks behave inside particles called hadrons, > of which protons and neutrons are the most familiar. But Wilczek's > talents go well beyond that of an amazingly creative physicist. He is > also author of countless articles and several books, including The > Lightness of Being (2008), Fantastic Realities (2006) and, with his > wife Betsy Devine, Longing for the Harmonies (1988). Today, Frank > writes about a topic he covers at length in his most recent book, A > Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design. Published in July, > A Beautiful Question is an inspiring meditation on humanity's search > for beauty and unity in nature. > > A Beautiful Question is a long meditation on a single question: Does > the world embody beautiful ideas? > > I thought about this from many angles, bringing in history, art, > music, psychology and philosophy as well as physical science. I > concluded, after surveying the evidence, with an emphatic "Yes!" > > But to appreciate the significance of that answer, it's important to > ask another question: Might it have been otherwise? Can we imagine > that the world might not embody beautiful ideas — that fundamental > understanding of how the world works could be messy or unattractive? > > We can approach those counterfactual questions through thought > experiments. -- sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of physics, news from the physics community, and physics-related social issues.
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The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 17:25 -0500
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-06 22:43 +0000
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 17:51 -0500
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-06 23:06 +0000
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 18:25 -0500
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 00:31 +0000
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 20:01 -0500
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 01:30 +0000
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 21:12 -0500
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 03:22 +0000
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 11:50 -0500
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 17:05 +0000
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 12:23 -0500
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-09-07 17:56 +0000
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 06:19 -0400
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 03:42 -0400
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 10:03 -0700
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-07 10:27 -0700
Re: The Multiverse Of Perception "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 09:59 -0700
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