“The question is not,” said the Myriad, “whether distant events will affect us. This is not truly a question—they can, and have and will. Nor is the question how we will be affected. One can make any number of careful and informed guesses, but until events occur any predictions are subject to error, to the extent that one’s information, or one’s understanding, may be incomplete.” “I daresay one’s information and even understanding are bound to be incomplete,” I remarked. “The universe being so wide, and containing so much.” “Yes,” agreed the Myriad. “The relevant question here, it seems to me,
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