“My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful, but when I had to choose one or the other, I chose the beautiful.”
– Hermann Weyl
So it is that mathematicians, poets, writers and artists almost always choose beauty over truth. Scientists, alas, do not have this luxury, and can only hope that we do not have to make a choice.
– Lawrence M. Krauss, Hiding in the Mirror
“But even if in the end this longstanding pursuit of extra dimensions proves to have been a grand illusion, generations of dreamers have been inspired by it to keep on dreaming, and generations of seekers to keep on seeking. We have learned and will in the process continue to learn more about nature and our own place within the cosmos. And I believe one could make a good argument that such efforts make life worthwhile.”
– Lawrence M. Krauss, Hiding in the Mirror
Preliminary Paint, Document, World, Visual and Ellipsis pages have been updated today.
Progress – progress!
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Mrs. Gloop: He can’t swim.
Willy Wonka: There’s no better time to learn.
Willy Wonka: Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.
Mr. Salt: Where is she going?
Willy Wonka: Where all the other bad eggs go, down the garbage chute.
Willy Wonka: And almost everything you’ll see is eatable, edible. I mean, you can eat almost everything.
