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.
Wherever I go people recognize me, call my name, cheer for me. But there are names no one cares to remember, that no one cheers for: the 805 million people suffering from hunger in the world today.
Fate finds for every man; his share of misery.
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
I'm always looking for things that are so incredibly present that they become invisible.
My libertarian beliefs have not always served me well. Like most people who hold strong ideological convictions, I find that, too often, my beliefs trump the scientific facts.
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social and emotional life. The great apes are therefore an ideal case for showing the arbitrariness of the species boundary. If we think that all human beings, irrespective of age or mental capacity, have some basic rights, how can we deny that the great apes, who surpass some humans in their capacities, also have these rights?
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