In interpreting the implications of this statement, I should declare my bias. I believe that a physical system is completely determined by the arrangement of its particles. Tell me how the particles making up the earth, the sun, the galaxy, and everything else are arranged, and you’ve fully articulated reality. This reductionist view is common among physicists, but there are certainly people who think otherwise. Especially when it comes to life, some believe that an essential nonphysical aspect (spirit, soul, life force, chi, and so on) is required to animate the physical. Although I remain
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A wholly faith-based statement not supported by his actual observations in absence of bias thus far. Thus it becomes the the speculative/imaginary foundation necessary to accept what follows. He has passed the Pale of Possibility.
