In a different place, though, Wheeler provided some clues: “The point is that the universe is a grand synthesis, putting itself together all the time as a whole… It is a totality.”60 He also speculated whether “a comprehensive view of the physical world [would] come not from the bottom up—from an endless tower of turtles standing one on the other—but from a grand pattern linking all of its parts.”61 The Hollywood movie plot interpretation can help to illustrate this point: On-screen, Susan, the paleontologist, and the leopard appear as distinct, individual characters. On the film roll, though,
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