Scaling Infinity

“There once was a boy who lived in an infinitely tall tower. We shall call him Higgs Boson. It was always balmy in that citadel, yes indeed, the weather was perfect since there was no weather at all, but even the best forecast cannot cure loneliness unless it includes a princess. Well, as it happens, one day a princess scaled the infinitely high tower and rescued Higgs. Her name was China Red:” That’s me, and the voice behind the story was my father’s pressing odd ideas into a young brain.

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