The universe is information and we are stationary in it, not three dimensional and not in space or time.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that reality is fundamentally about information rather than physical dimensions.
Philip K. Dick's quote implies that our understanding of the universe transcends traditional notions of space and time. Instead of perceiving ourselves as existing in a three-dimensional world governed by time, he challenges us to view existence as a network of information, emphasizing the profound nature of consciousness and reality. It invites readers to reconsider the essence of their existence and the structure of the universe itself.
In practice
In a lecture about the nature of reality and perception, this quote could serve to provoke deep thought among students.
We are living in a computer-programmed reality, and the only clue we have to it is when some variable is changed, and some alteration in reality occurs. We have the overwhelming impression that we were reliving the present - deja vu.
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
On some other world, possibly it is different. Better. There are clear good and evil alternatives. Not these obscure admixtures, these blends, with no proper tool by which to untangle the components.
"Do you have information that there's an android in the cast? I'd be glad to help you, and if I were an android would I be glad to help you?" "An android," he said, "doesn't care what happens to another android. That's one of the indications we look for." "Then," Miss Luft said, "you must be an android."
A man is an angel that has gone deranged.
I never liked the idea of doing what a machine says. I hate having to salute something built in a factory.
That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? "Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!" You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to engage with the other Africa.
Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.
Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.
Do not be deluded by the abstract word Freedom. Whose freedom? Not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but freedom of Capital to crush the worker.
Take notice not only of the mercies of God, but of God in the mercies. Mercies are never so savoury as when they savour a Saviour.
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