I’ve known for most of my adult life that I’m a Possibilian. But until now, I didn’t know that was the word for what I am. In this wonderful talk, neuroscientist David Eagleman makes the point that we know too … Continue reading
Quantum physics and Einstein’s theory of relativity have both been very successful in describing aspects of the real universe and have been experimentally tested many times, and yet they are incompatible with each other under the conditions believed to have … Continue reading
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From the Wikipedia article on Japanese Aesthetics: Yūgen (幽玄) is an important concept in traditional Japanese aesthetics. The exact translation of the word depends on the context. In the Chinese philosophical texts the term was taken from, yūgen meant “dim”, … Continue reading