relativity

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9802c6b	It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.	hungarian-horntail relativity panic	J.K. Rowling
6881650	"Have you ever heard of the theory of relativity?" Artemis blinked. "Is this a joke? I have traveled through time, Doctor. I think I know a little something about relativity."	funny artemis-fowl-humor time-travel relativity	Eoin Colfer
a3198ff	Let's fly away and live forever	good life relativity forever genius crazy	Orson Scott Card
dc9ee8d	You knows dat in New Orleans is not morning 'til dee sun come up.	time new-orleans relativity night	Tom Robbins
aa6f23d	The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern 'knowledge' is that it is wrong. The young man then quoted with approval what Socrates had said on learning that the Delphic oracle had proclaimed him the wisest man in Greece. 'If I am the wisest man,' said Socrates, 'it is because I alone know that I know nothing.' The implication was that I was very foolish because I was under the impression I knew a great deal. Alas, none of this was new to me. (There is very little that is new to me; I wish my correspondents would realize this.) This particular theme was addressed to me a quarter of a century ago by John Campbell, who specialized in irritating me. He also told me that all theories are proven wrong in time. My answer to him was, 'John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.	understanding universe earth wrong theory science wisdom flat-earth scientific-theory socrates relativity ignorance knowledge greece	Isaac Asimov
99e328f	Time is only linear for engineers and referees.	time relativity	Craig Ferguson
e8a2879	Morality--like velocity--is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in relation to them; never can one measure one's velocity or morality in terms of absolutes.	relativity ethics morals	David Gerrold
8ccb595	We were in separate realities, fast and slow. There is no fixed reality, only objects in contrast.	objectivity objects subjectivity motion speed observation relativity perception	Rachel Kushner

9802c6b

It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.

hungarian-horntail relativity panic

J.K. Rowling

6881650

"Have you ever heard of the theory of relativity?" Artemis blinked. "Is this a joke? I have traveled through time, Doctor. I think I know a little something about relativity."

funny artemis-fowl-humor time-travel relativity

Eoin Colfer

a3198ff

Let's fly away and live forever

good life relativity forever genius crazy

Orson Scott Card

dc9ee8d

You knows dat in New Orleans is not morning 'til dee sun come up.

time new-orleans relativity night

Tom Robbins

aa6f23d

The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern 'knowledge' is that it is wrong. The young man then quoted with approval what Socrates had said on learning that the Delphic oracle had proclaimed him the wisest man in Greece. 'If I am the wisest man,' said Socrates, 'it is because I alone know that I know nothing.' The implication was that I was very foolish because I was under the impression I knew a great deal. Alas, none of this was new to me. (There is very little that is new to me; I wish my correspondents would realize this.) This particular theme was addressed to me a quarter of a century ago by John Campbell, who specialized in irritating me. He also told me that all theories are proven wrong in time. My answer to him was, 'John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

understanding universe earth wrong theory science wisdom flat-earth scientific-theory socrates relativity ignorance knowledge greece

Isaac Asimov

99e328f

Time is only linear for engineers and referees.

time relativity

Craig Ferguson

e8a2879

Morality--like velocity--is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in relation to them; never can one measure one's velocity or morality in terms of absolutes.

relativity ethics morals

David Gerrold

8ccb595

We were in separate realities, fast and slow. There is no fixed reality, only objects in contrast.

objectivity objects subjectivity motion speed observation relativity perception

Rachel Kushner