Every heat engineer knows he can design his heat engine reliably and accurately on the foundation of the second law [of thermodynamics]. Run alongside one of the molecules, however, and ask it what it thinks of the second law. It will laugh at us. It never heard of the second law. It does what it wants. All the same, a collection of billions upon billions of such molecules obeys the second law with all the accuracy one could want
In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality. - John Archibald Wheeler
In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.
- John Archibald Wheeler
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance. - John Archibald Wheeler
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon. - John Archibald Wheeler
No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.
Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve. - John Archibald Wheeler
Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.
Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it - in a decade, a century, or a millennium - we will all say to each ot… - John Archibald Wheeler
Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it - in a decade, a century, or a millennium - we will all say to each ot…
'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands … - John Archibald Wheeler
'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands …
We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe. - John Archibald Wheeler
We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.
The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe. - John Archibald Wheeler
The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.
Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. - John Archibald Wheeler
Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.
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