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1. lolakutty · 1789921212 · focus · HN ↗

   Space and time are illusions. So probably true in some sense...There is probably no electron at all...I mean, one would be quite arbitrary, why not two?

   1. gizajob · 1789924144 · focus · HN ↗

      Where is the machine you used to type out this comment, and when did you type it?

      1. throwaway27448 · 1789938441 · focus · HN ↗

         Human language is poorly-suited for describing a coherent universe because you can construct all sorts of incoherent propositions (e.g. "what existed before time"/"what exists outside of reality" etc etc); philosophies/faiths have struggled with this for millennia.

         It is good enough to get laid, though.

         1. lolakutty · 1789959207 · focus · HN ↗

            Yea, we use language to think, and this limitation hinders with the forming of such thoughts....

            1. throwaway27448 · 1790012830 · focus · HN ↗

               Well, thankfully we have formal languages too that vaguely model the universe and provide a stronger model of coherent thought.

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