Perhaps really a figment
Today I listened to Krista Tippett’s interview of a mathematical physicist, Mario Livio. They were waxing about the idea that in every new discovery, we find out how small humans are in the immensity of the universe. Yet at the same time, the human mind is able to hold all this immensity and its increasingly complex questions. Here’s the odd thought that sparked in me: It was in fact the human mind that told us how wonderful is this human mind! So, I asked, what if all of this universe that we “see” with our mathematics and our instruments is indeed “only” a figment of our mind? Or at least we might ask, How much do we regularly kid ourselves?
:- Doug.
