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The physicist Murray Gell-Mann has spoken often of the need, when faced with multidimensional problems, to take a “crude look at the whole”—a process he has even given an acronym, CLAW.
David Brooks • This Will Make You Smarter
"I grew up implicitly thinking that intelligence was this, like really special human thing and kind of somewhat magical. And I now think that it's sort of a fundamental property of matter..." @sama
this book is not primarily a defence of these theories: it is an investigation of what the fabric of reality would be like if they were true.
David Deutsch • The Fabric of Reality
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Helix Books)
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Friction produces heat.
Carlo Rovelli • Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
like bubbles in a fizzy drink.
Bernardo Kastrup • More Than Allegory
The physicist—like the poet—should not describe the facts of the world, but rather generate metaphors and mental connections.