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As we have learned by now, the inescapable law of the macrocosm is the maximum amount of space that can be traversed by information relative to an observer in a given amount of time. Likewise, the law of the microcosm is nothing other than Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, which states that for an observer to reduce the uncertainty of the position of a particle to zero, its momentum becomes infinitely unknown, and vice versa, and for an observer to reduce the uncertainty of the time of an event to zero, its energy becomes infinitely unknown. Since conceiving of the origin of the universe by ...more
The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
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