Quotes About Reality

Consider the apparent dimension of the universe. According to M-theory, space-time has ten space dimensions and one time dimension. The idea is that seven of the space dimensions are curled up so small that we don't notice them, leaving us with the illusion that all that exist are the three remaining large dimensions we are familiar with.

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is a fundamental, inescapable property of the world. The

But humans are a curious species. We wonder, we seek answers. Living in this vast world that is by turns kind and cruel, and gazing at the immense heavens above, people have always asked a multitude of questions: How can we understand the world in which we find ourselves? How does the universe behave? What is the nature of reality? Where did all this come from? Did the universe need a creator?

Feynman once wrote, "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.

Why do we see only three space dimensions and one time dimension? The suggestion is that the other dimensions are curved up into a space of very small size, something like a million million million million millionth of an inch. This is so small that we just don't notice it: we see only one time dimension and three space dimensions, in which space-time is fairly flat.

Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to observe it. Antiparticle:

There might be one history in which the moon is made of Roquefort cheese. But we have observed that the moon is not made of cheese, which is bad news for mice. Hence histories in which the moon is made of cheese do not contribute to the present state of our universe, though they might contribute to others. That might sound like science fiction, but it isn't.

model-dependent realism. It is based on the idea that our brains interpret the input from our sensory organs by making a model of the world. When such a model is successful at explaining events, we tend to attribute to it, and to the elements and concepts that constitute it, the quality of reality or absolute truth.

The naive view of reality therefore is not compatible with modern physics. To deal with such paradoxes we shall adopt an approach that we call model-dependent realism. It is based on the idea that our brains interpret the input from our sensory organs by making a model of the world. When such a model is successful at explaining events, we tend to attribute to it, and to the elements and concepts that constitute it, the quality of reality or absolute truth.

Until the advent of modern physics it was generally thought that all knowledge of the world could be obtained through direct observation, that things are what they seem, as perceived through our senses. But the spectacular success of modern physics, which is based upon concepts such as Feynman's that clash with everyday experience, has shown that that is not the case. The naive view of reality therefore is not compatible with modern physics.

Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other? This is the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. We shall attempt to answer it in this book. Unlike the answer given in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, ours won't be simply "42."  

There is no picture- or theory-independent concept of reality.

real science can be far stranger than science fiction, and much more satisfying.

if you take a positivist position, as I do, questions about reality don't have any meaning. All one can ask is whether imaginary time is useful in formulating mathematical models that describe what we observe.

There is no way to remove the observer—us—from our perception of the world

AFEW YEARS AGO the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved goldfish bowls. The measure's sponsor explained the measure in part by saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality.

How do we know that we are not just characters in a computer-generated soap opera?

If the boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary in imaginary time, it won't have just a single history. There are many histories in imaginary time and each of them will determine a history in real time. Thus we have a superabundance of histories for the universe. What picks out the particular history, or set of histories that we live in, from the set of all possible histories of the universe?

Segundo algumas teorias, o universo que vivenciamos é apenas uma superfície quadridimensional em um espaço com dez ou onze dimensões. O filme Interestelar dá uma ideia de como isso funcionaria. Nós não veríamos essas dimensões extras porque a luz não se propagaria por elas, mas apenas pelas quatro dimensões do nosso universo.

El principio antrópico dice que el universo tiene que ser más o menos como lo vemos, porque si fuera diferente no habría nadie para observarlo.

One has to be grown up enough to realize that life is not fair. You just have to do the best you can in the situation you are in.

Teori hanya ada dalam akal budi kita dan tak punya realitas lain.

realismo dependiente del modelo», basada en la idea de que nuestros cerebros interpretan los datos de los órganos sensoriales elaborando un modelo del mundo. Cuando el modelo explica satisfactoriamente los acontecimientos tendemos a atribuirle, a él y a los elementos y conceptos que lo integran, la calidad de realidad o verdad absoluta.

Ne f?urim concepte mentale despre c?minul nostru, despre copaci, despre al?i oameni, despre electricitatea care curge din prize, despre atomi, molecule ?i alte universuri. Aceste concepte mentale sunt singura realitate pe care o cunoa?tem.