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The universe is full of noise, and in order to understand what the universe is like, we must filter out the noise to see the patterns beneath.
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order.
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
The universe doesn't allow perfection.
The universe doesn't allow perfection.
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See their profileThe best founders in the world are “Jack-of-all-trades” but “Master of one or two”. — Garry Tan, President and CEO of YC
Biology enables, culture forbids. Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural.
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order.
I have never had to make a poop during a spacewalk, but if it did happen, I would definitely try to keep it a secret.
Meaning seems to arise out of nowhere, and nowhere is the number one place where it comes from.
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