"Without us here to witness, the universe is just pointless physics unfolding."

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Source : Daniel H. Wilson (2014). “Robogenesis: A Novel”, p.333, Vintage

Daniel H. Wilson

#Physics Quotes #Unfolding Quotes #Witness Quotes

“I had always wanted to go to the Navy. As a young kid, I was intrigued by a Naval Officer with the beautiful brown shoes and sharp gold wings.”
“You teach a little by what you say. You teach most by what you are,”
“I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available.”
“Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.”
“For me, to take a movie and travel the world and go and work with these cultures and an international cast and have this spy thriller that's not just about character but also action and suspense, they're very challenging films as a producer to make, creating stories, creating set pieces that serve this character [Ethan Hunt].”
“She sat back on her heels and nodded. The thought experiment she proposed was certainly odd, but her point was simple. Everything in the universe was constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to wake up and truly live our lives. Thatâ€™s what it means to be a time being, old Jiko told me, and then she snapped her crooked fingers again. And just like that, you die.”

Source : Joseph Herman Hertz (1996). “ספר חמשה חומשי תורה עם ההפטרות: נדפס על פי המסורה ומתורגם אנגלית”
“There is an invisible world out there, and we are living in it.”
“Everybody understood that if the proof is correct, then no other recognition is needed .”

Source : "Manifold Destiny". Interview with Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, www.newyorker.com. August 28, 2006.

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