“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Alice in Wonderland
― Alice in Wonderland
“This was de Broglie's great insight', writes Brooks: 'if the electron in an atom is made of waves then the number of waves must be an integer, and the corresponding frequencies must be discrete. And since the frequency of oscillation is related to the energy of the electron field, the energy states must be discrete. What this implies is that the waveform, while wholly continuous, incorporates necessary discreteness - seamlessly. This is beautiful.”
― The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
― The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
“Cynicism appears to be a coping strategy by the cognitively less gifted to avoid being duped by others.”
― The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
― The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
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