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woofyman on Jan 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: What If Time Really Exists? (2008)

I think it's hubris to suggest that just because something is surprising to us that we explain it based on our experience with our own limited technology.

TheSpiceIsLife on Jan 7, 2017 | [–]

Or: the theories we use to explain the nature of reality are metaphors that rest on the technology of the time.

sashagim on Jan 7, 2017 | | [–]

Well, that's how god was invented.

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