Friday, September 10, 2010

What Is 'Reality'?

Stephen Hawking Asks, What Is 'Reality'?

Stephen Hawking, co-author of The Grand Design
David Parry / PA / Landov
EmailA few years ago the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls. The measure's sponsor explained the measure in part by saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?/.../


Read more: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2017262,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily#ixzz0z87mbsCn

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