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Matthew Royal is 81% done with The Carpet People
For a while, I was confused by this book. What's the point of it? A fairy tale for children of the people and animals that live in your carpet, of course, but beyond that? Turns out it's a fairly deep and therapeutic meditation on choice and freedom.
Jul 25, 2021 04:38PM Add a comment
The Carpet People

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Matthew Royal is on page 36 of 272 of The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
"Particularly detrimental to knowledge creation are the immutable limitations imposed by dogmas, as they restrain the ability to conjecture and criticise."
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The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals

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Matthew Royal is on page 2 of 272 of The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals
"The laws of physics are the primary explanation for that natural tendency for things to be impermanent. The reason for impermanence is that the laws of physics are not especially suited for preserving things other than elementary components. They apply to the primitive constituents of matter, without being specially crafted, or designed, to preserve certain special aggregates of them."
Jun 13, 2021 11:03AM Add a comment
The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals

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