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This reminds me of the two quotes:

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”

― Carl Sagan

“The atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.” ― Werner Heisenberg

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Oh man, I had to hold back a lot not to let this become a piece on QM. Tempting!

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There is only one essential force in the universe, and that force is called "whoa!"

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Finally, somebody who gets it.

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Great one! It's good to change perspective and see the world through different lenses - I think it felt much better to read it specifically on the phone.

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Agreed 👍

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100% appropriate.

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It is magic in so many ways ✨️

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Whoa

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Feb 15·edited Feb 15Liked by Andrew Smith

I think I got it: While I'm here, thinking I'm holding the phone with my own hands, it's actually thousands of microscopic workers employed by an international megacorporation holding my phone for me? I feel like a king!

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Another article that makes me think. Still, I always get 'whao' moments with phones. I never thought anything could make me lessen my usage of desktops, but phones did. The incredible wonders of physics are right before me at any moment I hold a phone. It's incredible! It's amazing. It's fantastic!

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It seems like magic, doesn't it?

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Definitely.

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