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that is physically special. Within one universe it looks irregular; across universes it has a regular structure, like a crystal in the multiverse.

For philosophers such as Chang Tsai, the bedrock of reality is ch’i. Ch’i translates as “gas” or “ether” and is a tenuous and non-perceptible form of matter which is present throughout space and can condense into solid material objects. The idea that matter somehow condenses out of ch’i is amazingly prescient, because there is a process that echoes